The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Disclosure of Information) (Statements of Benefits: Money Purchase Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2734) (“the Disclosure Regulations”).

Regulation 2 amends regulation 17 of the Disclosure Regulations, which concerns the provision of annual pension benefit statements, to require certain pension schemes to provide members (except pensioner members), who are entitled to money purchase benefits, with a statement in relation to those benefits that must not exceed one double-sided sheet of A4-sized paper when printed. The regulation makes provision for an exception where the member requests the information in an alternative format. The trustees or managers are required to have regard to guidance on the layout and content of the statement published from time to time by the Secretary of State.

Regulation 3 requires the Secretary of State to review the effectiveness of the amendments made by regulation 2 of these Regulations and publish a report before 1st October 2027 and within every 5 years after that.

A full regulatory impact statement of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available from legislation.gov.uk. A hard copy of the impact assessment may be obtained from the Department for Work and Pensions, Caxton House, Tothill Street, London SW1H 9NA.