Dashboards notice period extension given to pension providers

Notice specifying the DAP must be issued at least six months before

Holly Roach
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The government has announced it will give pensions schemes and providers more notice before pensions dashboards go live to the public.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) yesterday (17 October) said it has amended its dashboards available point (DAP) proposal so the secretary of state must now issue a formal notice at least six months before the point at which dashboards services will be made available to members of the public.  The regulations now outline that before issuing a notice to specify the DAP, the secretary of state "must be satisfied that the dashboards ecosystem is ready to support widespread use of qualifying pensions dashboards services by the general public, having regard to any matters that the s...

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