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Pensions Act 2004

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19(1)The Secretary of State may make regulations—

(a)as to the procedure (including quorum) to be followed by the Regulator or any of its committees;

(b)as to the manner in which the functions of the Regulator are to be exercised.

(2)Such regulations may in particular—

(a)make provision as to the hearing of parties, the taking of evidence and the circumstances (if any) in which a document of any prescribed description is to be treated for the purposes of any proceedings before the Regulator, as evidence, or conclusive evidence, of any prescribed matter;

(b)make provision as to the manner in which parties to any proceedings before the Regulator may or are to be represented for the purposes of the proceedings;

(c)provide for enabling the Regulator to summon persons—

(i)to attend proceedings before the Regulator and give evidence (including evidence on oath) for any purposes of proceedings in connection with a determination whether to exercise, or the exercise of, a regulatory function (or any corresponding function under any provisions in force in Northern Ireland corresponding to this Act), or

(ii)to produce any documents required by the Regulator for those purposes.

(3)In this paragraph references to proceedings before the Regulator include references to proceedings before the Determinations Panel and any of the Panel’s sub-committees.

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