{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-schemes-act-1993/section-183",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-schemes-act-1993/section-183.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1993/48",
  "legislation_title": "Pension Schemes Act 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-schemes-act-1993",
  "path": "section/183",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "183",
  "heading": "Sub-delegation.",
  "text": "(1) Without prejudice to any specific provisions in this Act, a power conferred by this Act to make an Order in Council, regulations or an order (other than regulations and orders made under ... Chapter I of Part IV, Part VIII so far as it applies for the purposes of Chapter I of Part IV, sections ... 153(2), 158(1) to (5), 162, 163, ... and 176...) includes power to provide for a person to exercise a discretion in dealing with any matter.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) Regulations under section ... 63(2), , 97(1) , 101AF(1) and 101I may provide that the values there mentioned shall be calculated and verified...—\n(a) in such manner as may, in the particular case, be approved—\n(i) by a prescribed person;\n(ii) by a person with prescribed professional qualifications or experience; or\n(iii) by a person approved by the Secretary of State; or\n(b) in accordance with guidance prepared and from time to time revised by a prescribed body.\n...\n() . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n() . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 183(1) repealed (6.4.1997) by Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26), s. 180(1), Sch. 5 para. 79, Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 1997/664, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 183(1) repealed (6.4.1997) by Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26), s. 180(1), Sch. 6 para. 15(a), Sch. 7 Pt. IV; S.I. 1997/664, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 183(2) repealed (6.4.1997) by Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26), s. 180(1), Sch. 5 para. 79, Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 1997/664, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 183(3) omitted (6.4.2012) by virtue of The Pensions Act 2008 (Abolition of Protected Rights) (Consequential Amendments) (No.2) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1730), arts. 1(2)(b), 5(23)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 183(3) substituted (1.12.2000) by Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), s. 89(1), Sch. 12 para. 42; S.I. 2000/1047, art. 2(2)(d), Sch. Pt. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in s. 183(3) inserted (6.4.2006) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), s. 322(1), Sch. 12 para. 32; S.I. 2005/3331, art. 2(6), Sch. Pt. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 183(3) repealed (6.4.1997) by Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26), s. 180(1), Sch. 3 para. 45(b), Sch. 7 Pt. I; S.I. 1997/664, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 183(3)(b) inserted (6.4.1997) by Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26), s. 180(1), Sch. 6 para. 15(b); S.I. 1997/664, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 183(3) repealed (6.4.1997) by Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26), s. 180(1), Sch. 3 para. 45(c), Sch. 7 Pt. I; S.I. 1997/664, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Ss. 1-187 in force at 7.2.1994 by S.I. 1994/86, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/48/section/183",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:34:33.061575+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."
}