PART 9AMENDMENTS TO SECONDARY LEGISLATION
The Pension Sharing (Pension Credit Benefit) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1054)
Means of assuring pension credit benefit593
1
In paragraph (3) of regulation 5 of the Pension Sharing (Pension Credit Benefit) Regulations 2000 (means of assuring pension credit benefit), for sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) substitute—
a
a person who has permission under Part 4 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to effect or carry out contracts of long-term insurance; or
b
an EEA firm of the kind mentioned in paragraph 5(d) of Schedule 3 to that Act, which has permission under paragraph 15 of that Schedule (as a result of qualifying for authorisation under paragraph 12 of that Schedule) to effect or carry out contracts of long-term insurance.
2
For paragraph (4) of that regulation substitute—
4
Paragraph (3)(a) and (b) must be read with—
a
section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;
b
any relevant order under that section; and
c
Schedule 2 to that Act.