This Order may be cited as the Pensions Ombudsman (Disclosure of Information) (Amendment of Specified Persons) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st November 2005.
Specified date: 1 November 2005: see above.
In subsection (6) of section 149 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (procedure on an investigation by the Pensions Ombudsman: persons to whom information may be disclosed), after paragraph (n), there shall be added—
“(o) a body corporate established in accordance with paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 17 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the scheme operator of the ombudsman scheme);
(p) an ombudsman as defined in paragraph 1 of that Schedule (interpretation).”.
Specified date: 1 November 2005: see art 1.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Stephen C Timms
Minister of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
5th October 2005
This Order amends section 149(6) of the Pensions Schemes Act 1993 (c 48) by adding to the list of persons to whom the Pensions Ombudsman may disclose any information which he obtains for the purposes of an investigation, if he considers that the disclosure would enable or assist that person to discharge any of his functions. The persons added to the list are the body corporate which operates the Financial Ombudsman Service, and any ombudsman of that service.
A regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.
