The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Bankruptcy) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Time for compliance with request for information

10.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where a request for information has been made to the responsible person by—

(a)the trustee in bankruptcy or the bankrupt in connection with the making of an application for an exclusion order;

(b)the bankrupt for, or in connection with, the making of a qualifying agreement referred to in regulation 6, or

(c)the trustee in bankruptcy—

(i)pursuant to Article 315C(1) of the 1989 Order (which enables the trustee in bankruptcy to request the responsible person to provide information which he may reasonably need for the making of an application for a restoration order) and relating to the cash equivalent of a bankrupt’s rights or excluded rights;

(ii)pursuant to Article 315F(1) to (3) of the 1989 Order (which enables the transferor’s trustee in bankruptcy to request the responsible person to provide information which he may reasonably need for the making of an application under Articles 312 and 313 of the 1989 Order) and relating to the cash equivalent of a transferee’s rights under a destination arrangement,

he shall comply with that request within a period of 9 weeks beginning with the date on which it is received.

(2) In the case of a request for information falling within sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1), the High Court may, either before or after it has expired and where good cause is shown, extend the period referred to in that paragraph.