SCHEDULE 3SUPPLEMENTARY AND CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS

Occupational Pension Schemes (Scheme Administration) Regulations 1996

4.—(1) The Occupational Pension Schemes (Scheme Administration) Regulations 1996 M1 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1(2) (interpretation), after the definition of “the 1995 Act” insert—

““the 2004 Act” means the Pensions Act 2004;”.

(3) In regulation 16A(2) M2 (circumstances in which notice of an employer's failure to make payments to trustees or managers need not be given), for sub-paragraph (b) substitute the following—

“(b)where the scheme is exempt from the requirement to prepare, review and if necessary revise a schedule of contributions under section 227 of the 2004 Act, by virtue of any of sub-paragraphs (a) to (i) and (k) to (m) of regulation 17(1) of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Scheme Funding) Regulations 2005; or”.