The Financial Assistance Scheme (Internal Review) Regulations 2005

Notice of a review decision or a subsequent review decision

16.—(1) The scheme manager must issue a notice of a review decision given under regulation 4, 7(1) or 10—

(a) in a case where the reviewable determination relates to scheme notification or scheme eligibility—

(i) to—

(aa) the person who made the application for a review of a reviewable determination; or

(bb) where the occupational pension scheme to which the application relates has not completed winding up, the trustees of the scheme if the scheme manager is not already required to issue a notice to those trustees under sub-paragraph (a)(i)(aa); and

(ii) to any interested person who has had a copy of review decision made available to him for inspection by the scheme manager in accordance with paragraph (3)(b); and

(b) in a case where the reviewable determination relates to member eligibility or member assessment, to the person who made the application for a review decision.

(2) The scheme manager must issue a notice of a subsequent review decision given under regulation 7(2)—

(a) in a case where the reviewable determination relates to scheme notification or scheme eligibility—

(i) to—

(aa) the person who made the application for a review of a reviewable determination; or

(bb) where the occupational pension scheme to which the application relates has not completed winding up, the trustees of the scheme if the scheme manager is not already required to issue a notice to those trustees under sub-paragraph (a)(i)(aa); and

(ii) to any interested person who has had a copy of the notice of the subsequent review decision made available to him for inspection by the scheme manager in accordance with paragraph (3)(b); and

(b) in a case where the reviewable determination relates to member eligibility or member assessment, the person who made the application for a review of a reviewable determination.

(3) The scheme manager must also, in a case where the reviewable determination relates to scheme notification or scheme eligibility—

(a) take reasonable steps to publicise to any interested person, other than the person who made the application for a review of a reviewable determination, the fact that a review decision or a subsequent review decision has been made and about the right of any such person to appeal against that decision; and

(b) make a copy of the notice issued under paragraph (1) or (2) available for inspection by any interested person.

(4) A notice issued by the scheme manager under paragraph (1) or (2) must be in writing and must be accompanied by a copy of the review decision or the subsequent review decision to which it relates.