Pensions Act 1995

Proceedings

13 (1) The Secretary of State may make regulations generally as to the procedure to be followed by the Authority in the exercise of their functions and the manner in which their functions are to be exercised.

(2) Such regulations may in particular make provision—

(a) as to the hearing of parties, the taking of evidence and the circumstances (if any) in which a document of any prescribed description is to be treated, for the purposes of any proceedings before the Authority, as evidence, or conclusive evidence, of any prescribed matter,

(b) as to the time to be allowed for making any application or renewed application to the Authority (whether for an order or determination of the Authority or for the review of a determination, or otherwise),

(c) as to the manner in which parties to any proceedings before the Authority may or are to be represented for the purposes of the proceedings.

(3) Regulations under sub-paragraph (1) may provide for enabling the Authority to summon persons—

(a) to attend before them and give evidence (including evidence on oath) for any purposes of proceedings in connection with an occupational pension scheme,

(b) to produce any documents required by the Authority for those purposes, or

(c) to furnish any information which the Authority may require relating to any such scheme which is the subject matter of proceedings pending before them.

14 (1) The Authority may establish a committee for any purpose.

(2) The quorum of the Authority shall be such as they may determine, and the Authority may regulate their own procedure and that of any of their committees.

(3) The Authority may authorise the chairman or any other member, the chief executive or any committee established by the Authority to exercise such of the Authority’s functions as they may determine.

(4) This paragraph is subject to regulations made by virtue of paragraph 13 and to section 96(5).