(1)The Department may by regulations specify requirements to be complied with in the case of an occupational pension scheme or a personal pension scheme with respect to keeping the persons mentioned in subsection (2) informed—
(a)of its constitution;
(b)of its administration and finances;
(c)of the rights and obligations that arise or may arise under it; and
(d)of any other matters that appear to the Department to be relevant to occupational pension schemes or personal pension schemes in general or to schemes of a description to which the scheme in question belongs.
(2)The persons referred to in subsection (1) are—
(a)members and, in the case of an occupational pension scheme, prospective members of the scheme;
(b)spouses of members and, in the case of an occupational pension scheme, of prospective members;
(c)persons within the application of the scheme and qualifying or prospectively qualifying for its benefits;
(d)in the case of an occupational pension scheme, independent trade unions recognised to any extent for the purposes of collective bargaining in relation to members and to prospective members of the scheme.
(3)Without prejudice to the generality of section 177(2), the regulations may distinguish between—
(a)cases in which information is to be given as of course; and
(b)cases in which information need only be given on request or in other prescribed circumstances.
(4)The regulations shall make provision for referring to an industrial tribunal any question whether an organisation is such a trade union as is mentioned in subsection (2)(d).