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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2026 No. 730
PENSIONS
The Pensions Act 2004 (Code of Practice) (Authorisation
and Supervision of Collective Defined Contribution
Schemes) Appointed Day and Revocation Order 2026
at 10.00 a.m. on 2nd
Made - - - - July 2026
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 91(9) of the
Pensions Act 2004(1).
Citation and extent
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Pensions Act 2004 (Code of Practice) (Authorisation and
Supervision of Collective Defined Contribution Schemes) Appointed Day and Revocation Order
2026.
(2) This Order extends to England and Wales and Scotland.
Appointed day
2. The day appointed for the coming into effect of the Pensions Regulator’s Code of Practice:
Authorisation and supervision of collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes is 31st July 2026.
Revocation
3. The Pensions Act 2004 (Code of Practice) (Authorisation and Supervision of Collective
Defined Contribution Schemes) Appointed Day Order 2022(2) is revoked with effect from 31st July
2026.
(1) 2004 c. 35.
(2) S.I. 2022/855.Document Generated: 2026-07-02
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Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Torsten Bell
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
at 10.00 a.m. on 2nd July 2026 Department for Work and Pensions
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order appoints 31st July 2026 as the day on which the Pensions Regulator’s Code of Practice:
Authorisation and supervision of collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes (“the Code”) comes
into effect.
A copy of the Code can be obtained by post from the Pensions Regulator, Telecom House, 125-135
Preston Road, Brighton, BN1 6AF.
This Order also revokes the Pensions Act 2004 (Code of Practice) (Authorisation and Supervision
of Collective Defined Contribution Schemes) Appointed Day Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/855). This
brought into effect the preceding code, the Pensions Regulator’s Code of Practice: Authorisation and
supervision of collective defined contribution schemes, which is revoked with effect from 31st July
2026 by the Pensions Act 2004 (Codes of Practice) (Revocation) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/709).
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact
on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.
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