The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005

Registrable information N.I.

55.—(1) For the purposes of this Article and Articles 56 to 60 “registrable information”, in relation to an occupational or personal pension scheme, means information within paragraph (2).

(2) That information is—

(a) the name of the scheme;

(b) the address of the scheme;

(c) the full names and addresses of each of the trustees or managers of the scheme;

[F1 (ca) in the case of an occupational pension scheme established under a trust, the full name and address of any chair of the trustees;]

(d) the status of the scheme with respect to the following matters—

(i) whether new members may be admitted to the scheme;

(ii) whether further benefits may accrue to, or in respect of, members under the scheme;

(iii) whether further contributions may be paid towards the scheme;

(iv) whether any members of the scheme are active members;

(e) the categories of benefits under the scheme;

(f) in the case of an occupational pension scheme—

(i) the name and address of each relevant employer, and

(ii) any other name by which any relevant employer has been known at any time on or after the relevant date;

(g) in the case of an occupational pension scheme, the number of members of the scheme on the later of—

(i) the last day of the scheme year which ended most recently, and

(ii) the day on which the scheme became a registrable scheme; and

(h) such other information as may be prescribed.

(3) Regulations may make provision about the interpretation of any of the descriptions in paragraph (2).

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(f)—

• “relevant employer” means any person—

  (a)

  who is, or

  (b)

  who, at any time on or after 6th April 1975, has been,

  the employer in relation to the scheme;

• “relevant date”, in relation to a relevant employer, means—

  (a)

  6th April 1975, or

  (b)

  if later, the date on which the relevant employer first became the employer in relation to the scheme.

(5) In this Article and Articles 57 to 60 “registrable scheme” means an occupational pension scheme, or a personal pension scheme, of a prescribed description.

F1 Art. 55(2)(ca) inserted (11.2.2021 for specified purposes, 6.4.2024 in so far as not already in operation) by Pension Schemes Act 2021 (c. 1), s. 131(2)(d)(3)(c), Sch. 11 para. 9; S.R. 2024/89, art. 2(b)