Regulation 5 Amendment of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 1996

(1)

The Disclosure Regulations M1 shall have effect with the following amendments.

(2)

In regulation 5(5) (information to be made available to individuals) for “within 9 months of the end of the first scheme year" to the end substitute “within 12 months of the end of each scheme year.".

(3)

In regulation 11(1) (penalties) after “to (12)" insert “, 5(14)".

(4)

In paragraph 26 of Schedule 1–

(a)

after “is available" insert “at any time";

(b)

for “in connection with" to the end substitute–

“in connection with any–
(a)
pensions query they may have; or
(b)
difficulty which they have failed to resolve with the trustees or administrators of the scheme,
and the address at which OPAS may be contacted.”.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: S.I. 1996/1655; regulation 4(2) (relevant to paragraph 26 of Schedule 1) was amended by S.I. 1997/3038.