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Electronic disclosure of information

The Disclosure of Information Regulations are amended from 1 December 2010 to allow trustees to comply with disclosure requirements under the regulations by sending information by email and/or by reference to a website. Members as at 1 December 2010 must be told in writing before any move to such forms of disclosure and may choose to continue to receive hard copy documents. There are detailed requirements in the amended regulations for the content of notices about disclosure using a website.

This change only applies to items covered by the Disclosure of Information Regulations, for example basic scheme information (of the kind usually included in the scheme booklet), benefit statements and the annual report. Trustees cannot currently move to electronic disclosure for things such as: