The Local Government, Teachers' and National Health Service (Scotland) Pension Schemes (Provision of Information and Administrative Expenses etc.) Regulations 1996
These Regulations are made under section 172 of the Pensions Act 1995. Section 172 deals with the circumstance where an individual who was eligible to be an active member of a public service pension scheme under the Superannuation Act 1972 has instead opted to join a personal pension scheme. It enables the Secretary of State, in prescribed circumstances, to provide certain information relating to that individual to prescribed persons. The information concerned is information relevant to determining if the individual has suffered loss actionable under section 62 of the Financial Services Act 1986 and determining what payment would need to be made to the public service pension scheme to restore his position there. Section 172 also empowers the Secretary of State to impose reasonable fees in respect of administrative expenses incurred in providing that information.