Miscellaneous
Grants by the Department to advisory bodies etc.
32.—(1) Section 169 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (grants by the Pensions Regulator to advisory bodies etc.) is amended as follows.
(2) After subsection (2) add—
“(3) The Department may make grants on such terms and conditions as the Department thinks fit to any person or body of persons providing advice or assistance, or carrying out other prescribed functions, in connection with occupational or personal pensions.”.
(3) For the heading substitute “Grants to advisory bodies etc.”.
Service of documents and electronic working
33.—(1) After section 113 of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 insert—
“113A. Service of documents and electronic working
In Articles 2(7)(a), 277 and 278 of the 2005 Order (service of documents and electronic working) references to that Order are to be treated as including references to the following provisions of this Act—
Chapters 2 and 3 of Part 1;
section 59(1)(c);
Chapter 1 of Part 3.”.
(2) In section 59 of that Act (requirement to keep records) in subsection (1)(c) for “, on request, to the Regulator” substitute “to the Regulator on receiving a notification requesting them”.