Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Register of Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/597) to provide that information contained in the register of occupational pension schemes and personal pension schemes, compiled and maintained by the Pensions Regulator under section 59 of the Pensions Act 2004 (register of occupational and personal pension schemes) (“the Act”) shall be provided to, or made available for inspection by the Office for National Statistics for the purposes of producing pension statistics.

It also prescribes that section 82 of the Act (restricted information) is modified so that it does not apply to such a disclosure of information.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business, charities or voluntary bodies.