PART IITHE PENSIONS REGULATOR
Provision of information, education and assistance
Provision of information, education and assistance8
1
The Regulator may provide such information, education and assistance as it considers appropriate to those involved in—
a
the administration of work-based pension schemes, or
b
advising the trustees or managers in relation to such schemes as to their operation.
2
To the extent that it is not authorised to do so under paragraph (1), the Regulator may also provide such information, education and assistance as it considers appropriate to—
a
employers in relation to work-based pension schemes,
b
persons involved in advising such employers as to the operation of such schemes, or
c
persons upon whom duties are imposed by or by virtue of Article 215 (information and advice to employees).
3
For the purposes of paragraph (2), “employers in relation to work-based pension schemes” means, in the case of stakeholder pension schemes, the persons upon whom duties are imposed by or by virtue of Article 5 of the 1999 Order (duty of employers to facilitate access to stakeholder pension schemes).
4
In this Article—
“assistance” does not include financial assistance;
“stakeholder pension scheme” and “work-based pension scheme” have the same meaning as in Article 4 (Regulator's objectives).