PART 3QUALIFYING PENSION SCHEMES

Notification of details14

1

Where an occupational pension scheme is winding up, the prescribed details for the purposes of regulation 9(1)(d) are—

a

the name of the scheme;

b

the pension scheme registration number which is allocated to that scheme in the register;

c

the name (and if there has been a change of name, the previous name) and address of any employer of earners in employment to which the scheme relates or has related;

d

the name and address of at least one trustee of the scheme.

2

The persons who may supply the details in paragraph (1) are—

a

any trustee of the scheme including a trustee appointed by the Regulator under section 7 or 23(1) of the 1995 Act45;

b

a member of the scheme or his appointed representative;

c

a surviving spouse or civil partner of a member of the scheme who has died; or

d

any professional adviser in relation to the scheme.

3

Where an occupational pension scheme has wound up, the prescribed details for the purposes of regulation 9(1)(d) are—

a

the name of the scheme; and

b

the name (and if there has been a change of name, the previous name) and address of any employer of earners in employment to which the scheme related.

4

The persons who may supply the details in paragraph (3) are—

a

a former trustee or manager of the scheme;

b

a former member of the scheme or his appointed representative;

c

a surviving spouse or civil partner of a former member of the scheme who has died;

d

any former professional adviser in relation to the scheme; or

e

any insurance company which is paying annuities to former members of that scheme.

5

The details in paragraphs (1) and (3) must—

a

be notified in writing; and

b

have been notified to the scheme manager—

i

no earlier than 1st September 2005; but

ii

by no later than 28th February 2006 or by no later than such later date by which the scheme manager has indicated that he may accept notification of those details in the case of any particular scheme.