2.—(1) The Register of Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).
(2) In regulation 1 for paragraph (5) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(5) Notwithstanding section 24(1) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954, a notice under regulation 2(2)(b) or 6(3) may be sent by ordinary post to the trustees.”.
(3) In regulation 2(2)(b) (information required in respect of registrable schemes) for the words from “receipt of a written notice” to “these Regulations,” there shall be substituted “Registrar's, on or after the date of coming into operation of these Regulations, sending by post to the trustees a written notice requiring that information to be furnished,”.
(4) In regulation 6(3) (transitional provisions) for “by 30th June 1997” there shall be substituted “within 3 months of the Registrar’s sending by post to the trustees a written notice requiring that information to be furnished”.