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1.—(1) The Occupational Pension Schemes (Scheme Administration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997(1) are amended in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) to (5).
(2) In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) after the definition of “chair”(2) insert—
““collective money purchase scheme” means a scheme or a section of a scheme which is a collective money purchase scheme for the purposes of Part 2 of the Pension Schemes Act 2021 (collective money purchase benefits: Northern Ireland);”.
(3) In regulation 3 (professional advisors’ requirements: exceptions)—
(a)in paragraph (2)(a) after “schemes” insert “other than to the extent to which they provide collective money purchase benefits”;
(b)after paragraph (2) insert—
“(2A) In paragraph (2) “collective money purchase benefits” are benefits which are collective money purchase benefits for the purposes of Part 2 of the Pension Schemes Act 2021 (collective money purchase benefits: Northern Ireland).”.
(4) In regulation 23(1)(3) (annual statement regarding governance)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (a) after “default arrangement” insert “(if any)”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (aa)(4)—
(i)in head (i) after “default arrangement” insert “(if any)”;
(ii)in head (ii) after “fund” insert “(if any)”;
(c)in sub-paragraph (c)—
(i)in head (i)(5) after “default arrangement” insert “(if any)”;
(ii)in head (ii)(6) after “fund” insert “(if any)”;
(d)after sub-paragraph (c) insert—
“(cza)for a collective money purchase scheme, state—
(i)the charges and transaction costs applicable to the scheme; and
(ii)the return on investments, after deduction of any charges or transaction costs relating to those investments, relating to the fund, having regard to guidance issued by the Department under section 109(2A)(7) of the Pension Schemes Act (disclosure of information about schemes to members, etc.);”.
(5) In regulation 25(8) (assessment of charges and transaction costs)—
(a)in paragraph (1A) after “specified scheme” insert “other than a collective money purchase scheme”;
(b)after paragraph (1A) insert—
“(1ZA) As part of the assessment referred to in paragraph (1)(b), the trustees of a collective money purchase scheme must assess how the administrative and governance criteria set out in paragraph (1C) are met by the scheme.”;
(c)in paragraph (1C)—
(i)in sub-paragraph (c) after “strategy” insert “(if any)”;
(ii)after sub-paragraph (c) insert—
“(ca)for a collective money purchase scheme, the appropriateness of the investment principles governing decisions about investments for the purposes of the scheme, as set out in the latest statement prepared in accordance with regulation 2 of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Investment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005(9) (statement of investment principles);”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 7 para. 1 in operation at 1.8.2022, see reg. 1
S.R. 1997 No. 94; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2015 No. 309, S.R. 2018 No. 153 and S.R. 2021 No. 272
The definition of “chair” was inserted by regulation 16(2)(a) of S.R. 2015 No. 309
Regulation 23 was added by regulation 17 of S.R. 2015 No. 309
Sub-paragraph (aa) was inserted by regulation 2(2)(a)(i) of S.R. 2021 No. 272
Head (i) was substituted by regulation 2(a)(i) of S.R. 2018 No. 53
Head (ii) was substituted by regulation 2(2)(a)(ii)(aa) of S.R. 2021 No. 272
Subsection (2A) was inserted by section 38(4) of the Pension Schemes Act (Northern Ireland) 2016
Regulation 25 was added by regulation 19 of S.R. 2015 No. 309 and paragraphs (1A) to (1E) were inserted by regulation 2(3)(b) of S.R. 2021 No. 272
S.R. 2005 No. 569; regulation 2 was amended by regulation 4(2) of S.R. 2018 No. 165 and regulation 2(2) of S.R. 2019 No. 115
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