Commentary on Sections Schedule 4: The Pensions Regulator Tribunal Section 103: References to the Tribunal
323.Subsection (1) provides for the time limits for making references to the Tribunal. The Tribunal may allow a case to be referred after these periods have elapsed.
324.The Tribunal will hear any reference afresh, and accordingly will be able to consider any evidence relating to a reference whether or not it was available to the Regulator. Its purpose is to determine what action, if any, the Regulator must take in relation to the reference.
325.The Tribunal may give the Regulator such directions as it considers appropriate for giving effect to its determination. The Tribunal may also on determining a reference make a recommendation to change the Regulator’s procedures. An order of the Tribunal can be enforced as if it were an order of a county court or in Scotland an order of the Court of Session.