S.I. No. 6/2012 - The Pensions Act (Register and Database of Certified Policies or Contracts of Assurance) Regulations, 2012.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 17th January, 2012.

I, JOAN BURTON, Minister for Social Protection, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 5 and 53C (as inserted by section 42 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2011 ) of the Pensions Act, 1990 (No. 25 of 1990), hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation.

1.These Regulations may be cited as The Pensions Act (Register and Database of Certified Policies or Contracts of Assurance) Regulations, 2012.

Definition.

2.In these Regulations “Act” means the Pensions Act, 1990 (No. 25 of 1990).

Register.

3.The register required to be kept by the Board under section 53C(a) of the Act shall contain the information specified in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Database.

4.The database of information required to be maintained by the Board under section 53C(b) of the Act shall include the information specified in the Schedule to these Regulations.

SCHEDULE

1. The name, registered office and, if different from the registered office, the principal place of business of the undertaking issuing the form of policy or contract of assurance;

2. The date on which the form of policy or contract of assurance was certified by the Board;

3. The registration number assigned to the form of policy or contract of assurance by the Board;

4. If the Board has withdrawn certification of the form of policy or contract of assurance, the date with effect from which certification was withdrawn.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

11 January 2012.

JOAN BURTON,

Minister for Social Protection.

EXPLANATORY NOTE:

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These regulations prescribe the information to be contained on the register which the Pensions Board must keep under section 53C(a) of the Pensions Act, 1990 in relation to the form of policies or contracts of assurance certified by the Board under section 53B of the Act.

These regulations also prescribe the information to be included in the database which the Pensions Board must maintain under section 53C(b) of the Pensions Act, 1990 in relation to the particulars contained on the register kept by the Pensions Board in relation to the form of policies or contracts of assurance certified by the Board under section 53B of the Act.