Dashboards Available PointE+W+S
4.—(1) Qualifying pensions dashboard services(1) are to be available for use by the general public from a date to be specified (“the Dashboards Available Point”) in a notice issued by the Secretary of State.
(2) Prior to the Dashboards Available Point, pensions dashboard services are only available for use by individuals who are invited by or on behalf of the Money and Pensions Service to use pensions dashboard services to support testing or service improvements.
(3) The Secretary of State must issue a notice to specify the Dashboards Available Point at least 6 months before the Dashboards Available Point.
(4) Before issuing a notice to specify the Dashboards Available Point, the Secretary of State must be satisfied that the dashboards ecosystem is ready to support widespread use of qualifying pensions dashboard services by the general public—
(a)having regard to any matters that the Secretary of State considers are relevant, and
(b)following consultation with the Money and Pensions Service, the Regulator and the Financial Conduct Authority.
(5) After issuing the notice, the Secretary of State must without delay publish the notice on the gov.uk homepage for the Department for Work and Pensions.
(6) After publishing the notice, the Secretary of State must take all reasonable steps to publicise the Dashboards Available Point.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 4 in force at 12.12.2022, see reg. 1(2)
“qualifying pensions dashboard service” is defined in section 238A(2) of the Pensions Act 2004.