The Pension Protection Fund (Pension Protection Levies Consultation) Regulations 2005

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Manner of consultation
     2. The prescribed manner for the consultation required under section 176(1) of the Act (supplementary provisions about pension protection levies) is that - 

(a) the Board shall set out in a consultation document the methods it proposes to use in order to determine the matters specified in section 175(5) of the Act (pension protection levies); and

(b) the Board shall publish the consultation document - 


(i) on the Pension Protection Fund website[3]; and

(ii) where any person so requests, in a paper format provided by the Board to that person;



(c) the Board shall publish a summary of non-confidential responses received in relation to that consultation, and its response to those responses - 



(i) on the Pension Protection Fund website; and

(ii) where any person so requests, in a paper format provided by the Board to that person.

Manner of publication of details of determination
     3. The Board shall publish details of any determination it makes under section 175(5) of the Act - 

(a) on the Pension Protection Fund website; and

(b) where any person so requests, in a paper format provided by the Board to that person.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.


Philip A. Hunt
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions

27th May 2005

[2] See section 317(1) of the Pensions Act 2004 which provides that the Secretary of State must consult such persons as he considers appropriate before making regulations by virtue of that Act (other than Part 8). This duty does not apply where regulations are made before the end of six months beginning with the coming into force of the provisions of that Act by virtue of which the regulations are made.back

[3] The Pension Protection Fund website is situated at www.pensionprotectionfund.org.uk.back