The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Levy and Register) (Amendments) Regulations 1998

Amendment of the Register Regulations

3.—(1) The Register Regulations are amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 1(4) (interpretation)—

(a) in paragraph (b) of the definition of “member”, omit the words “or a scheme treated as such”;

(b) omit the words “, and for the purposes” to “treated as a personal pension scheme” from the definition of “registrable scheme,”; and

(c) omit the definition of “total membership”.

(3) In regulation 3(2) (the register—contents), for sub-paragraph (g) substitute the following sub-paragraph—

“(g) the number of members of the scheme;”.

(4) In regulation 4 (information required in respect of a registrable scheme) after paragraph (1) insert the following paragraph—

“(1A) For the purposes of paragraph (1) above as it relates to the information specified in sub-paragraph (g) of regulation 3(2) above, the information shall be provided by reference to the date on which the scheme became a registrable scheme.”.

(5) For regulation 5(2) (notification of changes—total membership) substitute—

“(2) Where the Registrar in writing requests the trustees of a registrable scheme to notify the Registrar of the number of members of the scheme on the last day of such scheme year as shall be specified by the Registrar in that request, the trustees shall, not more than 56 days after receiving that request, give notice in writing to the Registrar of the number of members of the scheme on that day.”.

(6) In regulation 8(3) (transitional provisions—provision of information) for “paragraphs (c) and (g) to (j)” substitute “sub-paragraphs (c) and (h) to (j)”.