Explanatory note

These Regulations prescribe the persons who may be the auditors of the accounts of a registered pension scheme under section 250(6) of the Finance Act 2004.

Regulation 1 provides for the citation and commencement of these Regulations.

Regulation 2 prescribes persons who may be the auditors of a registered pension scheme, subject to the exceptions in regulation 3 (which prevent a person who has a personal interest in a scheme either a member, an employer, an employee of the scheme administrator or a person precluded under company law from auditing the accounts of an employer in relation to the scheme.

A regulatory impact assessment in respect of the provisions of Part 4 of the Finance Act 2004 and subordinate legislation under it was published by the Board of Inland Revenue on 8 April 2004, and is available on the website of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs at www.hmrc.gov.uk/ria/simplifying-pensions.pdf or (for hard copies) by writing to the Ministerial Correspondence Unit, Capital and Savings 1st Floor Ferrers House, PO Box 38, Castle Meadow Road, Nottingham, NG2 1BB.