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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-and-occupational-pension-schemes-pensions-ombudsman-procedure-rules-1995/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1053",
  "legislation_title": "The Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Pensions Ombudsman) (Procedure) Rules 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-and-occupational-pension-schemes-pensions-ombudsman-procedure-rules-1995",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Rules may be cited as the Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Pensions Ombudsman) (Procedure) Rules 1995 and shall come into force on 10th May 1995.\n(2) In these Rules—\n“complaint” means a complaint falling within section 146(1)(a) and (b) of the Pension Schemes Act (complaint of maladministration);\n“complainant” means a person by or in respect of whom the complaint is made or dispute is referred under section 146(1) of the Pension Schemes Act;\n“dispute” means a dispute falling within section 146(1)(c) and (d) of the Pension Schemes Act (dispute of fact or law);\n“party to the investigation” means, as the case may be, the complainant or the respondent (as defined in these Rules) and “party” and “parties” shall be construed accordingly;\n“the Pension Schemes Act” means the Pension Schemes Act 1993;\n“respondent” means—\n(a) a person responsible for the management of a personal or an occupational pension scheme, or\n(b) any other person to whom Part X of the Pension Schemes Act applies as it applies to a person responsible for the management of a personal or an occupational pension scheme\nto whom the complaint or dispute relates.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 1(2) substituted (6.4.1997) by The Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Pensions Ombudsman) (Procedure) Amendment Rules 1996 (S.I. 1996/2638), rules 1(1), 2(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 1(2) inserted (6.4.1997) by The Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Pensions Ombudsman) (Procedure) Amendment Rules 1996 (S.I. 1996/2638), rules 1(1), 2(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 1(2) substituted (6.4.1997) by The Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Pensions Ombudsman) (Procedure) Amendment Rules 1996 (S.I. 1996/2638), rules 1(1), 2(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in rule 1(2) substituted (6.4.1997) by The Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Pensions Ombudsman) (Procedure) Amendment Rules 1996 (S.I. 1996/2638), rules 1(1), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in rule 1(2) substituted (6.4.1997) by The Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Pensions Ombudsman) (Procedure) Amendment Rules 1996 (S.I. 1996/2638), rules 1(1), 2(1)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in rule 1(2) substituted (6.4.1997) by The Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Pensions Ombudsman) (Procedure) Amendment Rules 1996 (S.I. 1996/2638), rules 1(1), 2(1)(e)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1053/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:10:55.305839+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}