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Pensions Act 2008

Section 118: Supply of information about compensation in relation to divorce etc.Section 119: Supply of information about compensation sharing

323.These sections allow the Secretary of State to make regulations relating to the Board of the Pension Protection Fund releasing information on pension compensation sharing cases.

324.Section 118 provides for the Secretary of State to make regulations requiring information to be supplied by the Board, or about the calculation and verification of compensation rights, in connection with proceedings for divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It also enables regulation to be made imposing charges for the provision of such information.

325.Section 119 allows for the Secretary of State to make regulations requiring the Board of the Pension Protection Fund to provide prescribed persons with information regarding the implementation of pension compensation sharing. For example, regulations would prescribe that the parties to the divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership are provided with information of their future entitlements to compensation.

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