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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/1/section/14D</dc:identifier><dc:title>Pension Schemes Act 2021</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to make provision about pension schemes.</dc:description><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-08-10</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2026-07-31</dct:valid>
					
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ChangeId="key-d278fac873d3bf7f2731a9a1a97b09a5-1785846409353" CommentaryRef="key-d278fac873d3bf7f2731a9a1a97b09a5">Unconnected multiple employer schemes: promotion or marketing requirement</Addition></Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/1/section/14D" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2021/1/section/14D" id="section-14D"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-d278fac873d3bf7f2731a9a1a97b09a5-1785846409353" CommentaryRef="key-d278fac873d3bf7f2731a9a1a97b09a5">14D</Addition></Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/1/section/14D/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2021/1/section/14D/1" id="section-14D-1"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-d278fac873d3bf7f2731a9a1a97b09a5-1785846409353" CommentaryRef="key-d278fac873d3bf7f2731a9a1a97b09a5">1</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-d278fac873d3bf7f2731a9a1a97b09a5-1785846409353" CommentaryRef="key-d278fac873d3bf7f2731a9a1a97b09a5">Part 1 of Schedule 1C sets out the matters that the Pensions Regulator must take into account in deciding whether it is satisfied that no person has carried out promotion or marketing of an unconnected multiple employer scheme that is unclear or misleading without rectification (see section 9(3)(cb)(i)).</Addition></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/1/section/14D/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2021/1/section/14D/2" id="section-14D-2"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-d278fac873d3bf7f2731a9a1a97b09a5-1785846409353" CommentaryRef="key-d278fac873d3bf7f2731a9a1a97b09a5">2</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-d278fac873d3bf7f2731a9a1a97b09a5-1785846409353" CommentaryRef="key-d278fac873d3bf7f2731a9a1a97b09a5">Part 2 of Schedule 1C sets out the matters that the Pensions Regulator must take into account in deciding whether it is satisfied that the scheme has adequate systems and processes for securing that promotion or marketing of the scheme is clear and not misleading (see section 9(3)(cb)(ii)).</Addition></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/1/section/14D/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2021/1/section/14D/3" id="section-14D-3"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-d278fac873d3bf7f2731a9a1a97b09a5-1785846409353" CommentaryRef="key-d278fac873d3bf7f2731a9a1a97b09a5">3</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-d278fac873d3bf7f2731a9a1a97b09a5-1785846409353" CommentaryRef="key-d278fac873d3bf7f2731a9a1a97b09a5">In deciding whether it is satisfied that an unconnected multiple employer scheme has adequate systems and processes for securing that promotion or marketing of the scheme is clear and not misleading, the Pensions Regulator may take into account whether any promotion or marketing of the scheme has been unclear or misleading (whether or not it has been 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<CitationSubRef CitationRef="ca0xpwcw6-00007" id="ca0xpwcw6-00008" SectionRef="regulation-1-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2025/1313/regulation/1/3">regs. 1(3)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="ca0xpwcw6-00007" id="ca0xpwcw6-00009" SectionRef="regulation-10" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2025/1313/regulation/10" Operative="true">10</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>