Disputes – draft Regulations and Code on trial


Are there signs that the Government is listening to trustees’ concerns about the regulatory burden on pensions? Hot on the heels of the Deregulatory Review comes a genuine piece of simplification – the introduction of the option to have a simplified single stage internal dispute resolution procedure (IDRP). On 25 October 2007, showing a level of cooperation which belies the subject matter (!), the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) published draft Regulations and the Pensions Regulator published a draft Code of Practice for consultation.

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