{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-schemes-act-2026/section-90",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-schemes-act-2026/section-90.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/22",
  "legislation_title": "Pension Schemes Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-schemes-act-2026",
  "path": "section/90",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "90",
  "heading": "Regulator’s direction-making powers during period of concern",
  "text": "(1) The Regulator may during a period of concern direct a member of the superfund group or the trustees of the superfund scheme to do any or all of the following—\n(a) take a specified step that an approved response plan identifies as one which they are to take;\n(b) take a specified step that the Regulator considers likely to enable or facilitate the carrying out of an approved response plan;\n(c) if a person has failed to comply with section 88(1) or (3)(b) (requirement to propose response plan or revised response plan), take a specified step that the Regulator considers necessary or expedient for the purpose of responding to the event of concern in the interests of members of the superfund scheme;\n(d) ensure that for a specified period—\n(i) no payments are made out of the assets of the superfund scheme to or in respect of members;\n(ii) no transfers of liabilities are made from the superfund scheme.\n(2) A direction under subsection (1)(c) may not require the provision of financial support to the superfund scheme.\n(3) A member of the superfund group, and the trustees of the superfund scheme, must comply with a direction given to them by the Regulator under this section; and if compliance with a direction results in a breach of the rules of the scheme, the breach is to be disregarded for all purposes.\n(4) If an approved response plan contemplates that a person will become the responsible body of a superfund, and that person agrees to become the responsible body, the Regulator may direct that that person is to become the responsible body from a specified time.\n(5) In this section, “specified” means specified (or of a description specified) in the direction.\n(6) See section 91 for further provision about directions under subsection (1)(d).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 90 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 133(7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/22/section/90",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:41:23.531539+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."
}