The Occupational Pension Schemes and Pension Protection Fund (Amendment) Regulations 2005

Amendment of the Review and Reconsideration Regulations

6.  In the Review and Reconsideration Regulations—

(a) in regulation 19(1) (notice of decision to reconsider other than on an application)—

(i) for “to” substitute “that the Reconsideration Committee should”; and

(ii) for “any interested person” substitute “the Reconsideration Committee”;

(b) for regulation 19(2) substitute—

“(2) Where the Reconsideration Committee decides to reconsider a reviewable matter otherwise than on an application it must notify the Board and any interested person.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) an interested person means a person who, in the opinion of the Board, may be materially affected by the reconsideration decision or, as the case may be, a representative of that person appointed under regulation 28.”;

(c) in regulation 20(1)(b) (provision of written representation), for “regulation 19(1)” substitute “regulation 19(2)”;

(d) in regulation 22(3)(a) (time for giving a reconsideration decision)—

(i) for “the Board” substitute “the Reconsideration Committee”;

(ii) for “regulation 19(1)” substitute “regulation 19(2)”; and

(iii) for “review decision” substitute “reconsideration decision”;

(e) in regulation 25(3) (notice of a reconsideration decision), for “regulation 19(1)” substitute “regulation 19(2)”; and

(f) in paragraphs 1(c) and 2(c) of column 2 of the Schedule (interested person), for “paragraph” in both places where that word appears, substitute “sub-paragraph”.