PART 1General
Application of these Regulations4
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Subject to paragraphs (2), (3), (6) and (9), the trustees or managers of an occupational pension scheme that falls within paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 must give information in accordance with regulations 6, 8, 9 to 17, 18 to 22, 24, 25 and, where the scheme falls within section 35 (investment principles) of the 1995 Act or the scheme is a relevant scheme within the meaning of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Scheme Administration) Regulations 1996, regulation 29A.
2
Regulations 9, 10, 12, 13 and 15 do not apply to a public service pension scheme if—
a
there are no requirements for assets related to the intended rate or amount of benefit under the scheme to be set aside in advance (disregarding requirements relating to additional voluntary contributions),
b
it is made under section 7 of the Superannuation Act 1972 M1 (superannuation of persons employed in local government service, etc.) F1or it is a defined benefits scheme under section 1 (schemes for persons in public service) of the 2013 Act in relation to persons specified in subsection (2)(c) of that section, or
F2c
it is provided for by section 40 of, and Schedule 6 to, the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (Parliamentary and other pensions).
3
Regulation 17 does not apply to a stakeholder pension scheme within the meaning of section 1 of the 1999 Act M2 (meaning of “stakeholder pension scheme”).
4
Subject to paragraph (6), the trustees or managers of a pension scheme that is—
a
an occupational pension scheme that does not fall within paragraph 1 of Schedule 1, or
b
established under the Salvation Army Act 1963M3,
must give information in accordance with regulation 7.
5
Subject to paragraphs (3) and (6) the managers of a personal pension scheme that falls within paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 must give information in accordance with regulations 10, 17F3, 18, 21 and 23.
6
Paragraphs (1), (4) and (5) do not require the trustees or managers of a scheme to give information to—
a
a member or prospective member if no person who employs them in relevant employment has informed the trustees or managers of the scheme that they are a member or prospective member,
b
a recognised trade union if no person who employs a member or prospective member in relation to whom the trade union is a recognised trade union has informed the trustees or managers of the scheme that the trade union is a recognised trade union, or
c
a member of an occupational pension scheme where all the members are trustees or managers of the scheme.
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F4Except when information is given verbally in accordance with regulation 18B(3) F6or 18C(4) or (7), when any information is given in accordance with paragraph (1), (4) or (5), it must be accompanied by the postal and electronic address to which a person should send requests for further information or any other enquiry.
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In this regulation “defined benefits scheme” has the meaning given in section 37 of the 2013 Act.
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Regulations 12A, 17, 18B, 19 and 25 do not apply to a collective money purchase scheme.
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For the purposes of these Regulations, where a pension scheme is divided into sections, each section that is a collective money purchase scheme is to be treated as a separate scheme.