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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2004-commencement-no-2-transitional-provisions-and-consequential-amendments-order-2005/schedule/part-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/275",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2, Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2004-commencement-no-2-transitional-provisions-and-consequential-amendments-order-2005",
  "path": "schedule/part/7",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "PROVISIONS OF THE ACT COMING INTO FORCE ON 6TH APRIL 2005",
  "text": "Provisions of the Act\nSubject matter\nIn so far as not already brought into force, sections 19, 21, 23, 24, 30, 36, 38 except subsections (4) and (7)(g), 43 except subsection (7)(e), 44, 45, 52, 57, 59 to 61, 69, 93, 97, 102, 103, 104, 106, 114, 120, 122, 123, 125, 126, 129, 130, 133, 134 except subsection (2)(d), 135, 138 except subsection (10)(a), 139, 140, 141, 143, 145 to 148, 150 except subsection (6)(d), 151 except paragraph (a) in the definition of “audited scheme accounts” and (12)(a), 152, 167, 179 except subsection (1)(b), 203, 206 except subsection (5), 208 and 258\nprovisions relating to the Pensions Regulator, the Board of the Pension Protection Fund and miscellaneous provisions\nsection 2(3)\nmembership of the Regulator\nsection 4(1)(a), (2) and (3)\nRegulator’s functions\nsection 5(1) and (2)\nRegulator’s objectives\nsection 7\ntransfer of Opra’s functions to the Regulator\nsection 8, in so far as not already brought into force\nnon-executive functions\nsections 13 to 17\nnew powers in respect of occupational and personal pension schemes\nsection 18, except subsections (3)(b) and (4)(b)\npension liberation: interpretation\nsection 20(1), (2), (3)(a) and (b) and (4) to (11)\npension liberation: restraining orders\nsection 22\npowers to wind up occupational pension schemes\nsections 25 to 29, 31 and 32\nprovisions relating to freezing orders\nsections 33 to 35 and 37\ntrustees of occupational pension schemes\nsections 39, 40, 41(1) to (9), (10)(a) to (e), (11) and (12), and 42(1), (2)(a) and (b) and (3) to (5)\ncontribution notices where avoidance of employer debt\nsection 46\nfinancial support directions: clearance statements\nsection 47(1) to (3), (4)(a) to (f), and (5)\ncontribution notices where non-compliance with financial support direction\nsections 48 and 49\nthe sum specified in a section 47 contribution notice, content and effect of such a notice\nsection 50(1) to (9), (10)(a) to (e) and (11)\nsection 47 contribution notice: relationship with employer debt\nsection 51\nsections 43 to 50: interpretation\nsections 53 to 56\ntransactions at an undervalue\nsection 58\nRegulator’s right to apply under section 423 of Insolvency Act 1986\nsections 62 to 68\nregister of schemes, register of prohibited trustees and collecting information relevant to the PPF\nsections 70 to 89 (except section 86(2))\nduty to report breaches of the law, provisions on reports and on information\nsection 90(1), (2)(a) to (j) and (3) to (7)\ncodes of practice\nsection 91(10) to (12)\nprocedure for issue and publication of codes of practice\nsection 92\nrevocation of codes of practice\nsection 94\npublication of procedure in relation to regulatory functions\nsection 95(1)(a) and (b)(i), (2) and (3)\napplication of standard and special procedure\nsection 96(1) to (5), (6)(a) to (t) and (v)\nstandard procedure\nsections 98 to 100\nspecial procedure, compulsory review, and duty to have regard to the interests of members etc\nsection 101(1), (2)(a) to (c) and (3) to (5)\npowers to vary or revoke orders, notices or directions etc\nsection 105\nredetermination etc by the Tribunal\nsection 108(4)\nmembership of the Board\nsection 110(1)(a)\nthe Board’s functions\nsection 112(5) and (6)\nnon-executive functions\nsection 113\ninvestment of funds relating to the Board of the Pension Protection Fund\nsection 119\nannual reports to the Secretary of State\nsection 121(1) to (4), (6), (8), (9)(a), (10) and (11)\ninsolvency event, insolvency date and insolvency practitioner\nsection 124\nBoard’s duty where there is a failure to comply with section 122\nsection 127\nduty to assume responsibility for schemes following insolvency event\nsection 128\nduty to assume responsibility for schemes following application or notification\nsection 131\nprotected liabilities\nsection 132 except subsection (6)\nassessment periods\nsection 136\npower to validate contraventions of section 135\nsection 137\nsection 142\ndefinitions\nsection 144\napproval of valuation\nsection 149\ncircumstances in which Board ceases to be involved with an eligible scheme\nsection 154(1), (2)(a) and (c), and (6) to (15)\nrequirement to wind up schemes with sufficient assets to meet protected liabilities\nsection 160(1) to (3), (5), (6), and (7) in so far as it relates to section 172(1)\ntransfer notice\nsection 161(2)(c)\neffect of Board assuming responsibility for a scheme\nsection 172(1)\nrelationship with fraud compensation\nsection 173(1)(c) to (e), (g) to (i) and (3)(b) to (d), (h) and (i)\nPension Protection Fund\nsection 175(2)(a)(i) and (iii) and (3)(a)\ndefinition of risk-based pension protection levy\nsection 192, and section 193 in so far as it relates to section 192\nentry of premises, and penalties\nsection 194\nwarrants\nsection 195\noffence of providing false or misleading information to the Board\nsection 196\nuse of information\nsections 197 to 202\ndisclosure of information\nsection 204(1) and (2)\ninterpretation\nsection 205\nreports\nsection 209(6)\nPPF Ombudsman\nsections 210(4) and (5) and 211\nDeputy PPF Ombudsmen\nsection 219\nbackdating the winding up of eligible schemes\nsection 257\npension protection on transfer of employment\nsection 263\nshort service benefit\nsection 265\npaternity leave and adoption leave\nsection 266\ninalienability of occupational pension\nsection 272(13) and (14)\ndebt due from the employer in the case of multi-employer schemes\nsection 275\njurisdiction\nsection 276\ninvestigations\nsections 278 to 280\nannual increases in rates of pension\nsection 282\nmeaning of “working life” in Pension Schemes Act 1993\nsection 285\nmeaning of “stakeholder pension scheme”\nsection 298(4) and (5)(b)\ndisclosure of state pension information\nsection 300(3) to (5)\ndissolution of OPRA\nsection 301\ntransfer of employees from OPRA to the Regulator\nSchedule 1, paragraphs 20(1), (2) and (4) to (7), 24, 25, 28, 33, 35(4)(a) and (b) and 35(5) in so far as it relates to paragraph 35(4)(a) and (b), and section 3 in so far as it relates to those paragraphs\nthe Pensions Regulator\nSchedule 3\nrestricted information held by the Regulator: certain permitted disclosures to facilitate exercise of functions\nSchedule 4, paragraphs 8, 10 to 16, and 19 to 21\nthe Pensions Regulator Tribunal\nSchedule 5, paragraphs 18(2)(f) to (h), 19, 22(1) to (3) and (5) to (7) and 23(a), and section 109 in so far as it relates to those paragraphs\nthe Board of the Pension Protection Fund\nSchedule 7, and section 162, in so far as not already brought into force\npension compensation provisions\nSchedule 9, paragraphs 1 to 19\nreviewable matters\nSchedule 12, paragraphs 1, 5(1) and (3), 6, 24(a) and (c), 25, 26, 76(2)(a) and (4) and 79, and section 319(1) insofar as it relates to those paragraphs\nconsequential amendments\nSchedule 13, in so far as it relates to—\nthe Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967, Schedule 2, the entry relating to the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority;\nthe House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, Schedule 1, Part 2, the entry relating to the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority;\nthe Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975, Schedule 1, Part 2, the entry relating to the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority;\nthe Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992, Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 35(g); the 1995 Act, the specified repeals in sections 51(1), 54(3), and 162(1), and Schedule 3, paragraph 21 and Schedule 4, paragraph 21(13);\nthe Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000, section 54;\nthe Freedom of Information Act 2000, Schedule 1, Part 6, the entries relating to the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority, and the Registrar of Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes;\nand section 320 in so far as it relates to those provisions\nrepeals",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/695",
      "affecting_title": "The Pensions Act 2004 (Commencement No. 3, Transitional Provisions and Amendment) Order 2005"
    }
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