SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 12Minor and consequential amendments

Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48)

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In section 146 (functions of the Pensions Ombudsman)—

a

for subsection (1)(f) substitute—

f

any dispute, in relation to a time while section 22 of the Pensions Act 1995 (circumstances in which Regulatory Authority may appoint an independent trustee) applies in relation to an occupational pension scheme, between an independent trustee of the scheme appointed under section 23(1) of that Act and either—

i

other trustees of the scheme, or

ii

former trustees of the scheme who were not independent trustees appointed under section 23(1) of that Act, and

b

after subsection (6) insert—

6A

For the purposes of subsection (6)(c)—

a

a description of complaint may be framed (in particular) by reference to the person making the complaint or to the scheme concerned (or to both), and

b

a description of dispute may be framed (in particular) by reference to the person referring the dispute or to the scheme concerned (or to both).

c

in subsection (8), in paragraph (a) of the definition of “independent trustee” for the words from “section 23(1)(b)” to the end substitute “section 23(1) of the Pensions Act 1995 (appointment of independent trustee by the Regulatory Authority)”.