# The Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2008, Regulation 3: Amendment of the Personal Pension Schemes (Appropriate Schemes) Regulations 1997


(1) The Personal Pension Schemes (Appropriate Schemes) Regulations 1997 are amended in accordance with this regulation.
(2) In regulation 1(2) (interpretation), omit the definitions of “deposit-taker”, “EEA State”, “Friendly Society”, “Home state regulator”, “open-ended investment company”, “recognised scheme”, “UCITS” and “unit trust scheme”.
(3) For regulation 2 (forms of schemes which may be appropriate schemes), substitute—
“Forms of schemes which may be appropriate schemes
2. A personal pension scheme can be an appropriate scheme only if it is a scheme which is, or is treated as, registered under section 153 of the Finance Act 2004 (registration of pension schemes).”.
(4) Omit regulation 3 (persons who and bodies which may establish schemes).
(5) Omit sub-paragraphs (e) and (f) of regulation 4(1) (requirements in respect of an application for an appropriate scheme certificate).
(6) In regulation 6 (requirement to give information)—
(a) at the end of paragraph (b)(ii), insert “and”, and
(b) omit paragraph (b)(iii).
(7) Omit regulation 18 (cancellation of membership of interest-bearing account-funded appropriate personal pension schemes).
(8) Omit Schedules 1 (kinds of unit trust scheme that may be an appropriate scheme) and 2 (information to be included in notice).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1979/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/personal-and-occupational-pension-schemes-amendment-regulations-2008/regulation-3
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