Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999

1 (1) The provisions specified in sub-paragraph (2) shall apply as if any pension scheme established under a trust which— E+W+S

(a) is not an occupational pension scheme, but

(b) is or has been registered under section 2,

were an occupational pension scheme.

(2) The provisions are—

F1 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) the following provisions of Part I of the 1995 Act—

(i) sections 3 to 11F2 ... and 15 (supervision by the Authority) [F3 except sections 7(5A)(b), 8(1)(a) and (c) and (2), 11(3A) and (3B) and 15(1)];

(ii) sections 27 to 31 (trustees: general);

(iii) sections 32 to 36 and 39 (functions of trustees) except the reference to sections 16(3)(b) and 25(2) in section 32(4), the reference to section 56 in section 35(2) and section 35(5)(b);

(iv) section 41 (functions of trustees or managers);

(v) sections 47 and 48 (advisers);

(vi) section 49 (receipts, payment and records) except subsections (5) and (8) to (13);

(vii) section 50 (resolution of disputes);

(viii) section 68 (power of trustees to modify scheme by resolution) except subsection (3);

(ix) sections 81 to 86 (the compensation payments) except section 81(1)(b);

(x) sections 91, 92 and 94 (assignment and forfeiture etc.) except section 91(5)(d);

F4 (xi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4 (xii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4 (xiii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xiv) section 117 (overriding requirements); and

(xv) sections 124 and 125 (interpretation).

(3) Section 47(9) of the 1995 Act (as applied by sub-paragraph (1)) shall have effect as if the reference to any person who is or has been the employer were a reference to any person who, in pursuance of section 3(5), is or has been required—

(a) to deduct an employee’s contributions to the scheme from his remuneration; and

(b) to pay them to the trustees or managers of the scheme or to a prescribed person.

(4) Section 68 of the 1995 Act (as so applied) shall have effect as if the purposes specified in subsection (2) included enabling the conditions set out in section 1 to be fulfilled in relation to the scheme.

(5) Section 124(1) of the 1995 Act[F5 , and section 318(1) of the Pensions Act 2004,] (as so applied) shall have effect as if the definition of “member” were omitted.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(a) repealed (1.4.2005) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), s. 322(1), Sch. 13; S.I. 2005/695, art. 2(6)

F2 Word in Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(b)(i) repealed (6.4.2005) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), s. 322(1), Sch. 13; S.I. 2005/695, art. 2(7), Sch. 1

F3 Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(b)(i) substituted (6.4.2005) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), s. 322(1), Sch. 12 para. 76(2)(a); S.I. 2005/275, art. 2(7), Sch. Pt. 7

F4 Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(b)(xi)-(xiii) repealed (6.4.2005) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), s. 322(1), Sch. 13; S.I. 2005/695, art. 2(7), Sch. 1

F5 Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(5) inserted (6.4.2005) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), s. 322(1), Sch. 12 para. 76(4); S.I. 2005/275, art. 2(7), Sch. Pt. 7

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 1 wholly in force at 8.10.2001; Sch. 1 para. 1 in force for certain purposes at Royal Assent see s. 89(1); Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(2)(4)(5) in force at 1.10.2000 insofar as not already in force by S.I. 2000/1047, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. III; Sch. 1 para. 1(3) in force at 8.10.2001 insofar as not already in force by S.I. 2000/1047, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. V