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The Pensions Act 2004 (Code of Practice) (Revocation) Order 2026

S.I. 2026/709 · Made 2 July 2026

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PENSIONS

Made at 10.00 a.m. on 2nd July 2026

Laid before Parliament at 3.00 p.m. on 2nd July 2026

Coming into force 31st July 2026

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 92(1) of the Pensions Act 2004f1.

The Pensions Regulator consents to the making of this Order as required by section 92(2) of that Act.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2004 c. 35. Section 92(1) was amended by paragraph 16 of Schedule 4 to the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (c. 25).

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2Revocation of Code of Practice
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and extent

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Pensions Act 2004 (Code of Practice) (Revocation) Order 2026.

(2)

This Order comes into force on 31st July 2026.

(3)

This Order extends to England and Wales and Scotland.

2Revocation of Code of Practice

The Pensions Regulator’s Code of Practice: Authorisation and supervision of collective defined contribution schemesf1 is revoked with effect from 31st July 2026.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Torsten Bell

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Department for Work and Pensions

at 10.00 a.m. on 2nd July 2026

Consent given by authority of the Pensions Regulator

Nausicaa Delfas

Chief Executive

The Pensions Regulator

30th June 2026

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes the Pensions Regulator’s Code of Practice: Authorisation and supervision of collective defined contribution schemes which was brought into effect on 1st August 2022.

A new code of practice will be issued to incorporate changes introduced by the Occupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) (Extension to Unconnected Multiple Employer Schemes and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1313), which extends regulatory oversight of collective money purchase schemes to include unconnected multiple employer collective money purchase schemes.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.