{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2004/section-217",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2004/section-217.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/35",
  "legislation_title": "Pensions Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2004",
  "path": "section/217",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "217",
  "heading": "Determinations of the PPF Ombudsman",
  "text": "(1) A person bound by a determination or direction by the PPF Ombudsman by virtue of regulations made under section 213 or 214 may appeal on a point of law arising from the determination or direction—\n(a) in England and Wales, to the High Court, or\n(b) in Scotland, to the Court of Session.\n(2) Any determination or direction of the PPF Ombudsman is enforceable—\n(a) in England and Wales, in the county court as if it were a judgment or order of that court, and\n(b) in Scotland, in like manner as an extract registered decree arbitral bearing warrant for execution issued by the sheriff court of any sheriffdom in Scotland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 217(2)(a) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 52; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 217(1) applied (with modifications) (24.11.2005) by The Financial Assistance Scheme (Modifications and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3256), regs. 1(1), 2, 3(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 217(2) applied (with modifications) (24.11.2005) by The Financial Assistance Scheme (Modifications and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3256), regs. 1(1), 2, 3(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 217 in force at 21.7.2005 by S.I. 2005/1720, art. 2(6)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/35/section/217",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:45.114281+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}