Pension Schemes Act 2021

Contents

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1. Part 1 · Collective money purchase benefits
   1. Authorisation
   2. Definitions
   3. Supplementary
   4. Authorisation criteria
   5. Members' rights
   6. Ongoing supervision
   7. Powers to make further provision
   8. Publication of information
   9. Triggering events and continuity options
   10. Valuation and benefit adjustment
2. Part 2 · Collective money purchase benefits: Northern Ireland
   1. Authorisation
   2. Definitions
   3. Supplementary
   4. Authorisation criteria
   5. Members' rights
   6. Ongoing supervision
   7. Powers to make further provision
   8. Publication of information
   9. Triggering events and continuity options
   10. Valuation and benefit adjustment
3. Part 3 · The Pensions Regulator
   1. Supplementary
   2. Collecting information
   3. Contribution notices where avoidance of employer debt etc
   4. Financial penalties
   5. Gathering information
   6. Northern Ireland
   7. Provision of false or misleading information
   8. Sanctions for avoidance of employer debt etc
4. Part 4 · Pensions dashboards
   1. 118 Qualifying pensions dashboard service
   2. 119 Information from occupational pension schemes
   3. 120 Pensions dashboards: Northern Ireland
   4. 121 Information from personal and stakeholder pension schemes
   5. 122 The Money and Pensions Service: the pensions guidance function
5. Part 5 · Further provision relating to pension schemes
   1. Administration charges
   2. Categories of pension schemes
   3. Climate change risk
   4. Northern Ireland
   5. Scheme funding
   6. The Pension Protection Fund
   7. Transfer rights
6. Part 6 · Final
   1. 130 Extent
   2. 131 Commencement
   3. 132 Short title
7. Schedule 1 · Money purchase benefits
   1. Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53)
   2. Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48)
   3. Pensions Act 2008 (c. 30)
8. Schedule 1A · Unconnected Multiple Employer Schemes: Business Strategy
   1. Part 1 Information which must be taken into account
   2. Part 2 Matters which must be taken into account
   3. Part 3 Information which may be taken into account
9. Schedule 1B · Unconnected Multiple Employer Schemes: Business Plan - Information and Requirements
   1. Part 1 Information which must be included in a business plan
   2. Part 2 Requirements relating to a business plan
10. Schedule 1C · Unconnected Multiple Employer Schemes: Promotion or Marketing Requirement
    1. Part 1 No promotion or marketing that is unclear or misleading without rectification
    2. Part 2 Promotion or marketing: systems and processes
11. Schedule 2 · Pause orders
    1. Consequences of a pause order
    2. Period of effect etc of pause order
    3. Validation of action in contravention of pause order
    4. Notification of trustees, employers and members
    5. Supplementary
12. Schedule 3 · Collective money purchase benefits: minor and consequential amendments
    1. Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48)
    2. Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26)
    3. Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35)
    4. Pensions Act 2008 (c. 30)
    5. Pensions Act 2014 (c. 19)
13. Schedule 4 · Money purchase benefits: Northern Ireland
    1. Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53)
    2. Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (c. 49)
    3. Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 13 (N.I.))
14. SCHEDULE4A · Unconnected multiple employer schemes: business strategy
    1. PART1 Information which must be taken into account
    2. PART2 Matters which must be taken into account
    3. PART3 Information which may be taken into account
15. SCHEDULE4B · Unconnected multiple employer schemes: business plan - information and requirements
    1. PART1 Information which must be included in a business plan
    2. PART2 Requirements relating to a business plan
16. SCHEDULE4C · Unconnected multiple employer schemes: promotion or marketing requirement
    1. PART1 No promotion or marketing that is unclear or misleading without rectification
    2. PART2 Promotion or marketing: systems and processes
17. Schedule 5 · Pause orders: Northern Ireland
    1. Supplementary
    2. Consequences of a pause order
    3. Notification of trustees, employers and members
    4. Period of effect etc of pause order
    5. Validation of action in contravention of pause order
18. Schedule 6 · Collective money purchase benefits: minor and consequential amendments for Northern Ireland
    1. Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (c. 49)
    2. Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5 (N.I.))
    3. Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 13 (N.I.))
    4. Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22))
    5. Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1))
19. Schedule 7 · The Pensions Regulator: minor and consequential amendments
    1. Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26)
    2. Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35)
    3. Pensions Act 2008 (c. 30)
    4. Pension Schemes Act 2017 (c. 17)
20. Schedule 8 · The Pensions Regulator: Northern Ireland
    1. Part 1 Amendments of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005
    2. Part 2 Minor and consequential amendments
21. Schedule 9 · Pensions dashboards: Northern Ireland
    1. Introductory
    2. Admissibility of statements
    3. Assembly control of regulations
    4. Information from occupational pension schemes
    5. Qualifying pensions dashboard service
    6. The Pensions Regulator: delegation
22. Schedule 10 · Funding of defined benefit schemes
    1. Part 1 Amendments of Part 3 of the Pensions Act 2004
    2. Part 2 Minor and consequential amendments
23. Schedule 11 · Further provision relating to pension schemes: Northern Ireland
    1. Part 1 Funding of defined benefit schemes
    2. Part 2 Other provision