Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Register of Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes Regulations 2005, and shall come into force on 6th April 2005, subject to paragraph (2) below.

2

Regulation 2 and this regulation in so far as it applies to regulation 2 shall come into force on 1st April 2005.

3

Regulation 2 and this regulation in so far as it applies to regulation 2 extend to Northern Ireland.

4

In these Regulations—

  • “the Act” means the Pensions Act 2004;

  • “Crown guarantee” in relation to a scheme, means a scheme in respect of which a relevant public authority has –

    1. a

      given a guarantee in relation to any part of the scheme, any benefits payable under the scheme rules or any member of the scheme, or

    2. b

      made any other arrangements for the purposes of securing that the assets of the scheme are sufficient to meet any part of its liabilities;

  • “deferred member” and “pensioner member” have the meanings ascribed to them in section 124(1) of the Pensions Act 1995 M1;

  • “public service pension scheme” has the meaning ascribed to it in section 1 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 M2 (categories of pension schemes) and section 1 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 M3 (categories of pension schemes);

  • “relevant public authority”, in relation to a Crown guarantee, means —

    1. a

      a Minister of the Crown (within the meaning of the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975 M4),

    2. b

      a government department (including any body or authority exercising statutory functions on behalf of the Crown), or

    3. c

      the Scottish Ministers; and

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  • “trust scheme” means an occupational or personal pension scheme which is established under a trust.