Amendment of the Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Pensions Ombudsman) Regulations 1996

9.—(1) The Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Pensions Ombudsman) Regulations 1996(1) shall have effect with the following amendment.

(2) After regulation 1 insert—

“Persons entitled to benefits to be regarded as members for the purposes of section 146(7) of the 1993 Act

1A.   For the purposes of section 146(7) of the 1993 Act(2) (persons who are actual or potential beneficiaries) a person shall be regarded as a member of a scheme if he is, or has been, entitled to the payment of benefits under it.”.

(1)

S.I. 1996/2475.

(2)

Section 146(7) was amended by section 157(3) of the Pensions Act 1995.