The Occupational Pension Schemes (Managers) Regulations 1986

law://uk/uksi/1986/1718@2026-11-14

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1Citation, commencement and interpretation#

(1)These regulations may be cited as the Occupational Pension Schemes (Managers) Regulations 1986, and shall come into operation on 1st November 1986.

(2)In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—• “the Act” means the Pension Schemes Act 1993;• “appropriate administering authority” has the same meaning— (a) in the case of an authority situated in England or Wales as in Schedule 1 to the Local Government Superannuation Regulations 1986;(b) in the case of an authority situated in Scotland as in regulation A3 of the Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) Regulations 1974 ;• “fire authority” has the same meaning as in the Fire Services Act 1947;• “the Firemen's Scheme” means the scheme having particulars from time to time set out in orders made under section 26 of the Fire Services Act 1947;• “a government scheme” means any scheme administered by a government department;• “a local government scheme” means any scheme having particulars from time to time set out in regulations made under section 7 of the Superannuation Act 1972;• “member” and “prospective member” have the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 1986 ;• “police pension authority” and “police force” have the same meaning as in the Police Pensions Act 1976;• “the Police Scheme” means the scheme having particulars from time to time set out in regulations made under section 1 of the Police Pensions Act 1976;

2Managers of public service pension schemes#

(a)in the case of a local government scheme, the appropriate administering authority;

(b)in the case of the Firemen's Scheme, the fire authority by whom the member or prospective member is employed, or if he is not employed by a fire authority, the fire authority by which he was last employed;

(c)in the case of the Police Scheme, the police pension authority for the police force in which the member or prospective member is serving, or if he is not serving in a police force the police authority of the police force in which he last served;

(d)in the case of a government scheme, the government department responsible for its administration;

(e)in any other case the board, council, commission or other person or body responsible for its administration.

3Person to be treated as manager of scheme established outside the United Kingdom#

For the purposes of sections 113 to 115 of the Act (disclosure of information about occupational pension schemes) and Part VIII of the Act as it applies for the purposes of those sections, in their application to the making available of information and documents to a particular member or prospective member of any occupational pension scheme established outside the United Kingdom, or by reason of his membership or prospective membership to any other person or body, the person or body to be treated as the manager of the scheme shall be such person as is for the time being treated by the Board of Inland Revenue as the scheme administrator of the scheme for the purposes of section 270 of the Finance Act 2004 (meaning of “scheme administrator”).

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The Occupational Pension Schemes (Managers) Regulations 1986

The Occupational Pension Schemes (Managers) Regulations 1986

1Citation, commencement and interpretation#

2Managers of public service pension schemes#

3Person to be treated as manager of scheme established outside the United Kingdom#

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1Citation, commencement and interpretation#

2Managers of public service pension schemes#

3Person to be treated as manager of scheme established outside the United Kingdom#