Article 154 Allowances

after subsection (3)(b) insert

“and

(c)

for the payment by the Pensions Ombudsman of such travelling and other allowances (including compensation for loss of remunerative time) as the Department may determine, to—

(i)

actual or potential beneficiaries of a scheme to which a complaint or reference relates, or

(ii)

persons appearing and being heard on behalf of such actual or potential beneficiaries,

who attend at the request of the Pensions Ombudsman any oral hearing held in connection with an investigation into the complaint or dispute”, and

at the end of subsection (3)(a), omit “and”.