2026 No. 730
PENSIONS

The Pensions Act 2004 (Code of Practice) (Authorisation and Supervision of Collective Defined Contribution Schemes) Appointed Day and Revocation Order 2026

Made
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 91(9) of the Pensions Act 20041.

Citation and extent1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Pensions Act 2004 (Code of Practice) (Authorisation and Supervision of Collective Defined Contribution Schemes) Appointed Day and Revocation Order 2026.

(2)

This Order extends to England and Wales and Scotland.

Appointed day2.

The day appointed for the coming into effect of the Pensions Regulator’s Code of Practice: Authorisation and supervision of collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes is 31st July 2026.

Revocation3.

The Pensions Act 2004 (Code of Practice) (Authorisation and Supervision of Collective Defined Contribution Schemes) Appointed Day Order 20222 is revoked with effect from 31st July 2026.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Torsten Bell
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department for Work and Pensions
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order appoints 31st July 2026 as the day on which the Pensions Regulator’s Code of Practice: Authorisation and supervision of collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes (“the Code”) comes into effect.

A copy of the Code can be obtained by post from the Pensions Regulator, Telecom House, 125-135 Preston Road, Brighton, BN1 6AF.

This Order also revokes the Pensions Act 2004 (Code of Practice) (Authorisation and Supervision of Collective Defined Contribution Schemes) Appointed Day Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/855). This brought into effect the preceding code, the Pensions Regulator’s Code of Practice: Authorisation and supervision of collective defined contribution schemes, which is revoked with effect from 31st July 2026 by the Pensions Act 2004 (Codes of Practice) (Revocation) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/709).

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.