Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35)

Part 5 U.K. Occupational and personal pension schemes: miscellaneous provisions

Valid from 01/07/2005

Restrictions on payment into occupational pension schemes E+W+S

Valid from 06/04/2006

254 Representative of non-European scheme to be treated as trustee E+W+S

(1) In the case of an occupational pension scheme that has its main administration outside the member States, a reference in pensions legislation to the trustees, or a trustee, of the scheme includes a person who is for the time being appointed by the trustees of the scheme to be a representative of the scheme for the purposes of this section.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a prescribed reference.

(3) In subsection (1) “pensions legislation” means any enactment contained in or made by virtue of—

(a) the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48),

(b) the Pensions Act 1995,

(c) Parts 1 to 4 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), or

(d) this Act.