The Pensions Dashboards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

Requirements relating to the provision of pensions information

22.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (5), once trustees or managers have connected a pension scheme to the Money and Pensions Service in accordance with Chapter 1, they must comply with the requirements in this Chapter on providing, or facilitating the provision of, pensions information to—

(a) a qualifying pensions dashboard service, or

(b) the pensions dashboard service provided by the Money and Pensions Service,

unless the pension scheme enters an assessment period, in which case the requirements do not apply for the duration of the assessment period.

(2) Paragraph (3) applies if—

(a) a pension scheme, section of a scheme, or segregated part of a scheme enters an assessment period after trustees or managers have connected the scheme to the Money and Pensions Service;

(b) once the assessment period ends, the scheme, section of the scheme, or segregated part of the scheme continues to function as a pension scheme, section of the scheme, or segregated part of the scheme, and

(c) a period of lead in time is required in order for the scheme, section of the scheme, or segregated part of the scheme to be able to properly meet the requirements in this Part relating to the provision of pensions information.

(3) During the lead in time referred to in paragraph (2)(c) (which is to be as short as possible and no longer than 3 months), and in respect of the scheme, section of the scheme, or segregated part of the scheme to which the assessment period relates, trustees or managers are only required to do the following in response to a view request—

(a) they must meet the requirements in this Chapter relating to the provision of administrative data, and

(b) they must return a message, in accordance with data standards published from time to time by the Money and Pensions Service, explaining that value data cannot be provided due to the scheme, section of the scheme, or segregated part of the scheme undergoing or having recently undergone assessment by the Pension Protection Fund.

(4) Once the lead in time referred to in paragraph (3) has ended, trustees or managers referred to in that paragraph must comply with the requirements in this Chapter on providing, or facilitating the provision of, pensions information to—

(a) a qualifying pensions dashboard service, or

(b) the pensions dashboard service provided by the Money and Pensions Service.

(5) If a pension scheme, section of a scheme, or segregated part of a scheme is winding up, then, while it is winding up, trustees or managers are only required to do the following in response to a view request, in respect of the scheme, section of the scheme, or segregated part of the scheme that is winding up—

(a) they must meet the requirements in this Chapter relating to the provision of administrative data;

(b) they must do one of the following—

(i) they must return a message, in accordance with data standards published from time to time by the Money and Pensions Service, explaining that it would not be appropriate to provide value data, or

(ii) they must—

(aa) as far as possible in accordance with regulations 25 to 27, provide value data, along with corresponding contextual information and signpost data, and

(bb) return a message, in accordance with data standards published from time to time by the Money and Pensions Service, explaining that the scheme, section of the scheme, or segregated part of the scheme is winding up.