Pensions Disputes Quarterly - April 2026

Recent developments

Pension Schemes Act passed The Pension Schemes Act 2026 received royal assent on 29 April 2026.

Sections 101-108, which came into force immediately, provide a mechanism for Virgin Media remediation, as discussed in previous editions of PDQ:

• Trustees can in principle remediate historic amendments which might otherwise be void for lack of actuarial confirmation, by obtaining confirmation on a retrospective basis.
• For an amendment to be remediated, the scheme actuary must confirm in writing that, in their opinion, "it is reasonable to conclude that [the amendment] would not have prevented the scheme from continuing to satisfy the statutory standard” (ie the "reference scheme test" under section 12A of the Pension Schemes Act 1993).