SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 7Pension schemes
Registration of pension schemes
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After section 156 insert—
156ACases where application for registration not decided within 6 months
1
This section applies where—
a
an application for a pension scheme to be registered is made, but
b
the scheme administrator is not notified under section 153(6) within the period of 6 months after the day on which the application is made.
2
The scheme administrator may appeal to the tribunal as if, at the end of that period of 6 months, the scheme administrator had been notified under section 153(6) of a decision not to register the scheme; and section 156(5) to (8) applies accordingly.