The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated(), for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(), in relation to matters relating to personal and occupational pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of that Act, section 12A(8) of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985(), sections 1(1), 9(2B)(c), 12C(1)(a), 16(3), 20(1), 28(2)(b) and (4), 71(6), 113(1) and (2), 181(1) and 182(2) and (3) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993(), sections 35(7), 40(1), 66A(3), 73(2)(b), 73B(8), 124(1) and 174(2) and (3) of the Pensions Act 1995(), sections 1(5)(c), 8(1), 23(1)(a)(ii), 26(1), 28(1)(f)(ii) and (3)(a), 48(1)(f)(ii) and (3)(a) and 83(4), (5) and (6) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999() and sections 182(1)(a), 221(1)(b) and (2), 224(1)(b), 227(4), 241(8)(c), 242(10), 249(2)(a), 259(1), 287(6), 288(1), 289(1), 292(1), 315(2) and (5) and 318(1) of the Pensions Act 2004().
In accordance with section 185(1) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993(), section 120(1) of the Pensions Act 1995, section 83(11) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 and section 317(1) of the Pensions Act 2004 the Secretary of State has consulted such persons as he considers appropriate.