Part 1: Public Service Pension Schemes Chapter 1: Schemes other than Judicial Schemes and Local Government Schemes Section 29: Remediable service statements
This section provides that legacy scheme regulations must make provision requiring the scheme manager to provide information in respect of each member with remediable service about the legacy scheme benefits and the benefits that would be available under the scheme in respect of the member’s remediable service were an election under section 5, 6 or 10 to be made. Information must also be provided to enable the recipient to decide whether they are entitled to enter new arrangements to pay voluntary contributions to a Chapter 1 legacy scheme. This information will enable members to make an informed decision about whether to elect to retain legacy scheme benefits, receive new scheme benefits, or opt in to receive benefits in respect of their remediable service, or whether they wish to enter an arrangement to pay voluntary contributions.
	Section 29(3) and 29(4) state the necessary conditions for such information to be provided in respect of a member.
	Section 29(5) sets out certain things which a remediable service statement must include.
	Section 29(6) provides that Treasury directions (as defined in section 38(1)) may set further requirements about remediable service statements. Treasury directions may require certain information to be included in a remediable service statement, the form it is to take, how and to whom it is to be provided, and whether it is to be included with or provided alongside a member’s annual benefit statement.
	Section 29(7) to (10) requires remediable service statements to be provided on or before the day after the final day of the period of 18 months beginning on the day on which section 2(1) comes into force (or such later day as the scheme manager considers reasonable), and then annually for active members. After the initial statement, deferred members may once in each 12-month period request to receive a remediable service statement. This is consistent with the requirements placed on schemes by the Pensions Act 1995 in relation to annual benefit statements.
	Section 29(11) confirms that schemes may comply with their obligation to provide a remediable service statement before the coming into force of this section or any other provision of this Chapter.