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Paragraph 19 The Pension Schemes Act

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In section 142 (functions of the Pensions Ombudsman)—

(a)

for subsection (1)(f) substitute—

“(f)

any dispute, in relation to a time while Article 22 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (circumstances in which the Regulatory Authority may appoint an independent trustee) applies in relation to an occupational pension scheme, between an independent trustee of the scheme appointed under Article 23(1) of that Order and either—

(i)

other trustees of the scheme, or

(ii)

former trustees of the scheme who were not independent trustees appointed under Article 23(1) of that Order, and”;

(b)

after subsection (6) insert—

“(6A)

For the purposes of subsection (6)(c)—

(a)

a description of complaint may be framed (in particular) by reference to the person making the complaint or to the scheme concerned (or to both), and

(b)

a description of dispute may be framed (in particular) by reference to the person referring the dispute or to the scheme concerned (or to both).”, and

(c)

in subsection (8), in paragraph (a) of the definition of “independent trustee” for the words from “Article 23(1)(b)” to the end substitute “Article 23(1) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (appointment of independent trustee by the Regulatory Authority)”.