{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/divorce-etc-pensions-regulations-1996/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/divorce-etc-pensions-regulations-1996/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1676",
  "legislation_title": "The Divorce etc. (Pensions) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/divorce-etc-pensions-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Notices",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies in the circumstances set out in section 25D(1)(a).\n(2) Where this regulation applies, the trustees or managers of the first scheme shall, within 14 days after the date of the transfer, give notice in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation to\n(a) the trustees or managers of the new scheme or schemes, and\n(b) the other party.\n(3) The notice to the trustees or managers of the new scheme or schemes shall consist of a copy of every order made under section 23 imposing any requirement on the trustees or managers of the existing scheme and of any order varying such an order.\n(4) The notice to the other party shall contain the following particulars: —\n(a) the fact that the accrued rights of the party with pension rights have been transferred;\n(b) the date on which the transfer takes effect;\n(c) the name and address of the trustees or managers of the new scheme or schemes;\n(d) the fact that the order made under section 23 is to have effect as if it had been made in respect of the trustees or managers of the new scheme or schemes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/636",
      "affecting_title": "The Divorce etc. (Pensions) (Amendment) Regulations 1997"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1676/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:40:21.283703+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}