PENSIONS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government, Teachers' and National Health Service (Scotland) Pension Schemes (Provision of Information and Administrative Expenses etc.) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st December 1996. 2 In these Regulations– “the 1986 Act ” means the Financial Services Act 1986 ; “the 1995 Act ” means the Pensions Act 1995. Application of Regulations 2 These Regulations shall apply where, in respect of such an individual as is referred to in section 172(1) of the 1995 Act, the occupational pension scheme mentioned in section 172(1) or (2) of that Act is the scheme constituted under– a the Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) Regulations 1987 ; b the Teachers' Superannuation (Scotland) Regulations 1992 ; or c the National Health Service Superannuation Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 1995 . Prescribed person to provide information etc. in respect of the local government scheme 3 In the case of the scheme constituted under the Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) Regulations 1987, the prescribed person for the purposes of section 172(4) of the 1995 Act (application of section 172(1) and (2) to a local government scheme) is an administering authority within the meaning of those Regulations. Provision of information in prescribed circumstances 4 For the purposes of section 172(1) of the 1995 Act (provision of information to a prescribed person and imposition on that person of reasonable fees in respect of administrative expenses) the prescribed circumstances are that the individual to whom the information relates has made a written request for or consented in writing to the provision of the information. Provision of information to prescribed persons 5 For the purposes of section 172(1) of the 1995 Act, the prescribed persons are– a a person who is or has been an authorised person within the meaning of the 1986 Act (“an authorised person”); b an appointed representative within the meaning of section 44 of the 1986 Act (“an appointed representative”); c a recognised self-regulating organisation within the meaning of the 1986 Act; d a recognised professional body within the meaning of the 1986 Act; e the Securities and Investments Board ; f the Investors Compensation Scheme Limited ; g a professional indemnity insurer of an authorised person or an appointed representative; h the Chartered Accountants Compensation Scheme Limited; i the Solicitors Indemnity Fund Limited; j a person or body arbitrating or adjudicating in, or investigating or considering, a complaint brought by such an individual as is mentioned in section 172(1) of the 1995 Act against an authorised person or an appointed representative; k a person or body appointed to act on behalf of any of the above. Imposition of fees in respect of administrative expenses 6 For the purposes of section 172(2) of the 1995 Act (prescribed persons on whom reasonable fees may be imposed in connection with admission, readmission etc ), the prescribed persons are the persons referred to in regulation 5(a) to (d), (f) to (i) above and a person or body appointed to act on behalf of any such person. James Douglas-Hamilton Minister of State, The Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 2nd November 1996