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What does Governance mean? Governance, in pensions practice, describes how a trustee board organises itself and exercises oversight, decision-making and control over an occupational pension scheme to meet legal and fiduciary duties. It encompasses the scheme’s structures, policies and internal controls, and how trustees delegate to and supervise advisers, administrators and asset managers, monitor performance, manage risk and record decisions. The term is descriptive rather than a defined legal term, but key governance requirements are prescribed in legislation and regulatory codes. In the UK, the Pensions Act 2004 and scheme administration/governance regulations, together with The Pensions Regulator’s General Code, require an effective system...

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Archived UK local government COVID-19 governance tracker: primary legislation, restrictions, guidance, financial support and case law (to 18 July 2021)

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This archived tracker recorded significant developments, legislation, guidance and briefing notes concerning the coronavirus (COVID-19) Response, concentrating on updates pertinent to local government Governance up to 18 July 2021, when legal restrictions were finally lifted.

This Practice Note is archived and is not maintained.

For details contained in earlier archived trackers, see: Coronavirus (COVID-19)—governance tracker Summer 2020 [Archived] and Coronavirus (COVID-19)—governance tracker Spring 2020 [Archived].

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Primary legislation

Development

Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 — legislation addressing companies in financial distress and adjustments to company regulation.

When in force

Partly in force from 26 June 2020, and fully on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by regulations.

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This Act sets out measures for companies and other entities facing financial difficulty, together with temporary modifications to the law governing the governance and regulation of companies and other bodies...

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