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This Statutory Rule is a technical Order giving effect to a statutory requirement to specify the percentage that will be used to revalue the “protected payment” element of a new State Pension for persons who reach State Pension age on or after 11 April 2023.

This Regulatory Impact Assessment considers the impact of a Statutory Rule that amends existing regulations which restrict the extent to which occupational pension schemes can make certain investments with links to the employers who use the scheme, defined in the Pensions (Nor

This Regulatory Impact Assessment considers the impact of a Statutory Rule that amends regulation 17 of the Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Disclosure of Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 which concerns the provision of annual pension benefit statemen

This Regulatory Impact Assessment considers the impact of a Statutory Rule that amends the Occupational Pension Schemes (Scheme Administration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (“the 1997 Regulations”) and the Register of Occupational and Personal Pension Scheme

This Regulatory Impact Assessment considers the impact of two Statutory Rules that  make provision for an authorisation and supervisory regime for collective money purchase pension schemes, a type of occupational pension scheme in which the contributions of members and em

This Regulatory Impact Assessment considers the impact of introducing conditions that must be satisfied for the different ways that trustees or managers of occupational and personal pension schemes may permit a member of their scheme to use the cash equivalent value of, respec

This Regulatory Impact Assessment considers the impact of introducing a restriction on the permitted charges that trustees or managers of certain occupational pension schemes can impose upon their members, for the investment administration and general scheme administration of

This Regulatory Impact Assessment considers the impact of introducing a requirement on trustees and managers of certain occupational pension schemes (defined contribution pension schemes) to ensure relevant beneficiaries are referred to appropriate pensions guidance, provided

This Regulatory Impact Assessment considers the impact of imposing requirements on trustees of certain occupational pension schemes to ensure that there is effective governance of those schemes with respect to the effects of climate change, along with related reporting and pub

Guidance on capping early exit charges for trustees and managers of occupational pension schemes, and service providers. This guidance is effective from 1 October 2021.

Guidance for trustees of relevant occupational defined contribution pension schemes. This guidance is effective from 1 October 2021.

This guidance for occupational pension scheme trustees and managers provides information on disclosure and administration regulations. This guidance is effective from 1 October 2021.

These Regulations amend a number of sets of existing Regulations relating to the administration and governance of occupational pension schemes.  The aim is to ensure that occupational defined contribution pension scheme members benefit from efficient and operationally res

These Regulatory Impact Assessments focus on the three main measures in the Pension Schemes Bill:

This EQIA focuses on the key proposals in the proposed Bill, which are:

This Regulatory Impact Assessment considers the impact of amending existing legislation to implement provisions of Directive (EU) 2017/828, on the encouragement of long-term shareholder engagement by institutions for occupational retirement provision (known as “SRD II&rd

This Regulatory Impact Assessment considers the impact of amending existing legislation to enable integrated pension schemes to continue to take account of the State pension when calculating pension payable, where the member has a State pension age later than age 65.

This Regulatory Impact Assessment considers the impact of amending existing legislation to implement provisions of the European Union Directive (EU) 2016/2341 on the activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision (commonly known as “IORP

This Regulatory Impact Assessment considers the impact of amendments to existing Regulations governing compensation payable from the Pension Protection Fund, and the investment principles and disclosure requirements for occupational pension schemes.