The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Provision of Information and Administrative Expenses etc.) Regulations 1996
These Regulations are made under section 172 of the Pensions Act 1995 (“the Act”). They make provision for the Secretary of State to provide information in certain circumstances in respect of individuals who have chosen to participate in a personal pension scheme instead of the NHS Pension Scheme and to impose reasonable fees on prescribed persons in connection with administrative expenses incurred in providing such information. They also make provision for the Secretary of State to impose reasonable fees in respect of administration expenses incurred in connection with the admission or readmission of such individuals to the NHS Pension Scheme or with the administration by him of a compensation payment in respect of such an individual in the circumstances described in section 172(2) of the Act.