Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 1(2) words substituted by Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes 1994 Sch. 2 para. 32(2)(a)
reg. 1(2) words substituted by Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes 1994 Sch. 2 para. 32(2)(b)
reg. 1(2) words substituted by Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes 1994 Sch. 2 para. 32(2)(c)
reg. 1(2) words substituted by Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes 1994 Sch. 2 para. 32(2)(d)

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Pensions Ombudsman) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.

(2)

In these Regulations—

“the Pensions Act” means the Social Security Pensions Act 1975;
“complaint” means (except in the context of a complaint to the Defence Council as referred to in paragraph (c) of regulation 3) a complaint falling within section 59C(1) of the Pensions Act (complaint of maladministration);
“dispute” means a dispute falling within section 59C(2) of the Pensions Act (disputes of fact or law);

and other expressions have the same meaning as in the Pensions Act.