{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-charges-and-governance-regulations-2015/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-charges-and-governance-regulations-2015/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/879",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Charges and Governance) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-charges-and-governance-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Appointment of service providers",
  "text": "The Administration Regulations are amended as follows—\n(a) for the heading to Part 2 substitute “ Advisers and Service Providers ”;\n(b) after regulation 6 (duty to disclose information) insert—\n“Appointment of service providers in respect of relevant schemes\n6A The trust deed or scheme rules must not contain a provision that—\n(a) requires that the administrative, fund management, advisory or other services in respect of the scheme are provided by a person identified in any document; or\n(b) restricts the choice of person who may be appointed to provide such services.\n(2) Paragraph (1) overrides any provision of a relevant scheme to the extent that it conflicts with that paragraph.\n(3) In relation to a relevant scheme which is not a money purchase scheme , this regulation applies only in relation to services which are provided in connection with the provision of money purchase benefits.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "See S.I. 1996/1715, regulation 1(2), substituted by S.I. 1997/786, for definition of “money purchase scheme”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/879/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:40:26.357926+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."
}