# The Occupational Pension Schemes (Independent Trustee) Regulations 1990, Regulation 2: Additional requirement for “independent trustee”

Extent: E+W+S

(1) For the purposes of section 119(2) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993, a person is “independent” only if he satisfies the requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3) of this regulation as well as the requirements of section 119(3)(a) and (b) of that Act.
(2) This paragraph requires that the person has not provided services to the trustees or managers of the scheme, or the employer, in relation to the scheme. This requirement is, however, satisfied if the last occasion on which the person provided services was more than 3 years before section 119 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 started to apply in relation to the scheme.
(3) This paragraph requires that the person is neither connected with, nor an associate of—
(a) a person who has an interest in the assets of the employer or of the scheme, otherwise than as trustee of the scheme; or
(b) a person to whom paragraph (2) of this regulation applies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2075/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-independent-trustee-regulations-1990/regulation-2
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