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These Regulations may be cited as the Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 1st February 1996.
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(1) The Occupational Pension Schemes (Preservation of Benefit) Regulations 1991 are amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) In regulation 6 (means of assuring short service benefit), in paragraph (1), the words from “and the conditions” to the end are omitted.
(3) In regulation 9 (bought out benefits), in paragraph (1), the words from “and which satisfies” to the end are omitted.
(4) In regulation 12 (transfer of member’s accrued rights without consent), in paragraph (1)—
(a) for “section 73(2)(a)” there is substituted “section 73(2)(a)(i)”; and
(b) for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) there is substituted the words “the conditions set out in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this regulation are satisfied”.
(5) In regulation 21 (breaks in pensionable service), in paragraph (5)(b), the words from “and which satisfies” to “the Act” are omitted.
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(1) After regulation 5 of the Personal Pension Schemes (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 1987 there is inserted the following regulation—“
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Where the trustees of any scheme have not received a payment of contributions (other than minimum contributions) by the date on or before which it was expected to be made, they shall inform the member concerned in writing before the expiry of three months from that date, unless the payment is received by them within that period.”.
(2) In relation to any payment of contributions which was expected to be made before the coming into force of this regulation the Personal Pension Schemes (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 1987 shall have effect as if this regulation had not been made.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Oliver Heald
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
29th November 1995