http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/839/regulation/13The Occupational Pension Schemes (Climate Change Governance and Reporting) Regulations 2021enPENSIONSStatute Law Database2024-05-20Expert Participation2023-02-03 These Regulations impose requirements on trustees of certain occupational pension schemes, including trustees of authorised master trust schemes and trustees of schemes authorised to provide collective money purchase benefits, with a view to ensuring that there is effective governance of those schemes with respect to the effects of climate change. The Regulations also impose associated reporting and publication requirements on the trustees. The Occupational Pension Schemes (Climate Change Governance and Reporting) Regulations 2021 PART 3 13 1 A person to whom a penalty notice is issued under regulation 9 or 11 may, if one of the conditions in paragraph (2) is satisfied, make a reference to the Tribunal in respect of— a the issue of the notice; b the amount of the penalty under the notice. 2 The conditions are— a that the Authority have completed a review of the notice under regulation 12; or b that the person to whom the notice was issued made an application for review of the notice under regulation 12(1)(a) and the Authority have determined not to carry out a review. 3 On a reference to the Tribunal in respect of a notice, the effect of the notice is suspended for the period beginning on the day the Tribunal receives notice of the reference and ending— a on the day the reference is withdrawn; b if the reference is made out of time, on the day the Tribunal determines not to allow the reference to proceed; or c on the day the reference is completed. 4 For the purposes of paragraph (3)(c), a reference is completed when— a the reference has been determined; and b the Tribunal has remitted the matter to the Authority. 5 In this regulation— a “the Tribunal” means— i the Upper Tribunal, in any case where it is determined by or under Tribunal Procedure Rules that the Upper Tribunal is to hear the reference; ii the First-tier Tribunal in any other case; and b “Tribunal Procedure Rules” means— i the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (General Regulatory Chamber) Rules 2009 in relation to the First-tier Tribunal; and ii the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008 in relation to the Upper Tribunal. S.I. 2009/1976. S.I. 2008/2698. Reg. 13 in force at 1.10.2021, see reg. 1(1)