The Pension Protection Fund (PPF Ombudsman) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order makes provision in respect of the PPF Ombudsman.

Article 1 provides for citation, commencement and interpretation.

Article 2 makes provision about the staff of the PPF Ombudsman.

Article 3 provides that the PPF Ombudsman may (with certain exceptions) delegate any functions to staff. Paragraph (2) sets out the exceptions.

Article 4 provides that the PPF Ombudsman may require any person to provide information or furnish documents necessary to an investigation.

Article 5 makes provision about restrictions on the disclosure of information held by the PPF Ombudsman.

The Pensions (2005 Order) (Commencement No. 1 and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005 No. 48 (C. 5)) provides for the coming into operation of Article 191(1)(b) to (e) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005, one of the enabling provisions under which this Order is made, for the purpose of authorising the making of an order, on 25th February 2005, and for all other purposes on 6th April 2005.