Part 1: Collective Money Purchase Benefits Authorisation Section 8: Application for authorisation
This section makes provision regarding the application for authorisation of a collective money purchase scheme, which is to be made to the Pensions Regulator, and the information which must be included in the application. Under subsection (1), the trustees of the scheme may apply to the Pensions Regulator; the application will need to be made in the manner and form specified by the Regulator (subsection (2)).
	Subsection (3) provides that an application must include the scheme’s viability report and viability certificate (see section 13), and continuity strategy (see section 17).
	Subsection (4) provides a power for the Secretary of State to make regulations setting out other information to be provided in an application and prescribing an application fee payable to the Regulator.
	Subsection (5) provides that in considering an application, the Regulator may take into account any matters it considers appropriate including additional information provided by the applicant and subsequent changes to the application or information provided by the applicant.