EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Register of Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 to provide that information contained in the register of occupational pension schemes and personal pension schemes, compiled and maintained by the Pensions Regulator under section 59 of the Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35) shall be provided to, or made available for inspection by, the Office for National Statistics for the purposes of producing pension statistics.
These Regulations also prescribe that Article 77 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (“the Order”) is modified so that it does not apply to such a disclosure of information.
As these Regulations make in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in regulations made by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in relation to Great Britain, the requirement to consult under Article 289(1) of the Order does not apply by virtue of paragraph (2)(e) of that Article.