PART 6PRIVATE PENSIONS

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I147Maximum period between scheme returns to be 5 years for micro schemes

1

Article 58 of the 2005 Order (duty of the Regulator to issue scheme return notices) is amended as follows.

2

After paragraph (3) insert—

3A

But paragraph (3)(a) has effect as if the reference to three years were a reference to five years if—

a

the trustees or managers have complied with sub-paragraph (b) of Article 57(2),

b

the information they provided under that sub-paragraph included the number of members of the scheme, and

c

that number was no more than 4.

3

After paragraph (4) insert—

4A

But paragraph (4)(a) has effect as if the reference to three years were a reference to five years if—

a

on the date on which the previous scheme return notice was issued, the number of members of the scheme was recorded in the register, and

b

that number was no more than 4.