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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Amendments consequential on Part I

The Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 (c. 53)

21The Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 is amended as follows—

(a)in section 7(2) (concurrence required for removal of tribunal members), after “(e)” there is inserted “(g) or (h)”,

(b)in section 10 (reasons to be given on request), at the end of subsection (5) there is added—

(ba)to decisions of the Pensions Compensation Board referred to in paragraph 35(h) of Schedule 1,

(c)in section 14 (restricted application of the Act in relation to certain tribunals), after subsection (1) there is inserted—

(1A)In this Act—

(a)references to the working of the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority referred to in paragraph 35(g) of Schedule 1 are references to their working so far as relating to matters dealt with by them by means of a formal hearing or on review, and

(b)references to procedural rules for the Authority are references to regulations under—

(i)section 96(5) of the Pensions Act 1995 (procedure to be adopted with respect to reviews), or

(ii)paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to that Act (procedure of the Authority), so far as the regulations relate to procedure on any formal hearing by the Authority., and

(d)in paragraph 35 of Schedule 1 (tribunals under the direct supervision of the Council on Tribunals: pensions), after paragraph (f) there is inserted—

(g)the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority established by section 1 of the Pensions Act 1995;

(h)the Pensions Compensation Board established by section 78 of that Act.