Paragraph 4

After section 156 insert—

“Cases where application for registration not decided within 6 months

156A

(1)

This section applies where—

(a)

an application for a pension scheme to be registered is made, but

(b)

the scheme administrator is not notified under section 153(6) within the period of 6 months after the day on which the application is made.

(2)

The scheme administrator may appeal to the tribunal as if, at the end of that period of 6 months, the scheme administrator had been notified under section 153(6) of a decision not to register the scheme; and section 156(5) to (8) applies accordingly.”