The Pensions on Divorce etc. (Provision of Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

Provision of information after the death of the person entitled to the pension credit before liability in respect of the pension credit has been discharged

6.—(1) Where the person entitled to the pension credit dies before the person responsible for the pension arrangement has discharged his liability in respect of the pension credit, the person responsible for the pension arrangement shall, within 21 days of the date of receipt of the notification of the death of the person entitled to the pension credit, notify in writing—

(a) the person whom the person entitled to the pension credit nominated pursuant to regulation (4)(2)(j) to receive pension credit benefit, and

(b) any other person whom the person responsible for the pension arrangement considers should be notified,

of the matters specified in paragraph (2).

(2) The matters specified in this paragraph are—

(a) how the person responsible for the pension arrangement intends to discharge his liability in respect of the pension credit;

(b) whether the person responsible for the pension arrangement intends to recover charges from the person nominated to receive pension credit benefits, in accordance with regulations 2 to 9 of the Charging Regulations, and if so, a copy of the schedule of charges issued to the parties to pension sharing in accordance with regulation 2(2)(b) of the Charging Regulations (general requirements as to charges), and

(c) a list of any further information which the person responsible for the pension arrangement requires in order to discharge his liability in respect of the pension credit.