146 Functions of the Pensions Ombudsman
Pension Schemes Act 1993 (1993 c 48) | Legislation

146  Functions of the Pensions Ombudsman

[(1)     The Pensions Ombudsman may investigate and determine the following [matters]—

(a)     a complaint made to him by or on behalf of an actual or potential beneficiary of an occupational or personal pension scheme who alleges that he has sustained injustice in consequence of maladministration in connection with any act or omission of a person responsible for the management of the scheme,

(b)     a complaint made to him—

(i)     by or on behalf of a person responsible for the management of an occupational pension scheme who in connection with any act or omission of another person responsible for the management of the scheme, alleges maladministration of the scheme, or

(ii)     by or on behalf of the trustees or managers of an occupational pension scheme who in connection with any act or omission of any trustee or manager of another such scheme, allege maladministration of the other scheme,

and in any case falling within sub-paragraph (ii) references in this Part to the scheme to which the complaint relates [are references to the other scheme referred to in that sub-paragraph],

[(ba)     a complaint made to him by or on behalf of an independent trustee of a

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