{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-occupational-pension-schemes-charges-and-governance-regulations-2015/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-occupational-pension-schemes-charges-and-governance-regulations-2015/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111128329",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Charges and Governance) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-occupational-pension-schemes-charges-and-governance-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Member agreement for services",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the restrictions in regulation 4 do not apply in relation to a service for which the member has entered into an agreement with a person for the provision of that service, provided the conditions in paragraph (2) are satisfied.\n(2) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are that the agreement must—\n(a) be in writing; and\n(b) include a statement that entering into the agreement—\n(i) is not a condition of becoming or remaining a member of a relevant scheme;\n(ii) is not a condition of the member’s contributions being allocated under a default arrangement; and\n(iii) will incur charges at a rate or of an amount specified in the agreement and that such charges may be higher than would otherwise be permitted under these Regulations;\n(c) be entered into before the charges are imposed.\n(3) This regulation does not apply to a service which—\n(a) the provider is under a statutory obligation to provide; or\n(b) is a core service.\n(4) In this regulation “core service” includes (but is not limited to)—\n(a) designing and implementing an investment strategy;\n(b) investment of contributions to the scheme;\n(c) holding investments relating to scheme members;\n(d) a transfer out of a default arrangement into a different arrangement, fund or scheme;\n(e) a transfer into a default arrangement.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111128329/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:10:13.397371+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."
}