Section 156A — Finance Act 2014: Cases where application for registration not decided within 6 months

Cases where application for registration not decided within 6 months 156A 1 This section applies where—

a an application for a pension scheme to be registered is made, but b the scheme administrator is not notified under section 153(6) within the period of 6 months after the day on which the application is made.

2 The scheme administrator may appeal to the tribunal as if, at the end of that period of 6 months, the scheme administrator had been notified under section 153(6) of a decision not to register the scheme; and section 156(5) to (8) applies accordingly.