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The Registered Pension Schemes and Employer-Financed Retirement Benefits Schemes (Information) (Prescribed Descriptions of Persons) Regulations 2005
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- 2005 No. 3455
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Prescribed descriptions of persons for the purposes of section 252 of the Finance Act 2004
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2.—(1) For the purposes of section 252 (notices requiring documents or particulars about registered pension schemes and employer-financed retirement benefit schemes) the prescribed descriptions of persons are those prescribed in the following paragraphs.
For the purposes of this regulation “the relevant period” means the period which—
(a)begins with the time at which occurred the event in relation to which information is required by the notice under section 252, and
(b)ends with the end of the sixth tax year following that in which that event occurred.
(2) In relation to a pension scheme referred to in subsection (3)(a), (b) or (c) of section 252 the prescribed descriptions of person are—
(a)any person who is, or at any time during the relevant period has been, the scheme administrator,
(b)any person who is, or at any time during the relevant period has been, a trustee of the scheme,
(c)any person who is, or at any time during the relevant period has been, a sponsoring employer in relation to the scheme, and
(d)any person who is, or at any time within the relevant period has been, a member of the scheme,
in respect of which the notice is given.
(3) In relation to an annuity purchased with sums or assets held for the purposes of a registered pension scheme, the prescribed description of person is the insurance company or other person from whom the annuity has been purchased.
(4) In relation to an employer-financed retirement benefits scheme, the prescribed description of person—
(a)for the purposes of section 252(3)(e), is the responsible person at the time the scheme comes into operation; and
(b)for the purposes of section 252(3)(f) is the responsible person at the time that the notice under that section is issued.
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (4)—
(a)a scheme “comes into operation” on whichever is the first date, on or after that on which these Regulations come into force on which—
(i)an employer makes a contribution to that scheme; or
(ii)relevant benefits are provided; and
(b)“responsible person” has the meaning given in section 399A of the Income Tax Earnings and Pensions Act 2003(1).
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2003 c. 1: section 399A is inserted by section 249(1) and (11) of the Finance Act 2004.
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