Pension Schemes Online technical pack for software developers

This pack contains documentation required to support the development of software for the online filing of Pension Scheme forms and returns.

This pack is aimed at Software Developers only and not for individuals and others who may wish to use the Pension Schemes online product.

Please note that the contents of this pack will be updated frequently. Please check the website regularly to ensure that you are working with the most up to date version.

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• Generic Pension Schemes Online documents in a compressed format (ZIP 3.8MB)

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• Generic Documents (ZIP 262K)

Description	Version no	Version date
Acceptable Characters (PDF 67K)	2.0	15 November 2005
Core Schema (XSD 14K) This defines generic Data types and the layout of the <IRheader>	2.0	28 October 2003
Generic IRmark tech pack This contains technical specifications and examples of the generic IRmark	1.3	26 May 2005
Government Gateway Submission Protocol (PDF 624K) This document specifies the protocols to be used for incoming messages to the Government Gateway	2.1	19 July 2007
Hints & Tips (PDF 70K)	7.0	17 October 2006
How to use the Test Services (PDF 163K)	9.0	1 November 2007
Forms and completion notes

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• Pensions Generic Documents (ZIP 262K)

Description	Version no	Version date
Pensions specific CHRIS messages (PDF 57K)	0.1	24 January 2006
Schema Envelope Response Error Messages (PDF 92K)	0.5	5 September 2006
Schema Envelope Validation Rules (PDF 158K)	0.8	5 September 2006
XML Schema Envelope (XSD 4K)	2.0	19 October 2006
XML Schema Change History (PDF 34K)	2.0	10 January 2007
Pensions Core Schema (XSD 13K)	2.3	10 January 2007

TPVS messages

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• Accounting For Tax (ZIP 414K)

Description	Version no	Version date
XML Schema (XSD 15K)	2.6	10 January 2007
XML Schema Change History (PDF 35K)	2.0	29 June 2007
Validation Rules (PDF 379K)	2.0	29 November 2006
Error Messages (PDF 249K)	2.0	30 January 2007

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• Add Administrator (ZIP 225K)

Description	Version no	Version date
XML Schema (XSD 5K)	2.3	10 January 2007
XML Schema Change History (PDF 38K)	2.0	29 June 2007
Validation Rules (PDF 168K)	2.0	4 December 2006
Error Messages (PDF 150K)	1.0	5 February 2007

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• Amend Scheme Details (ZIP 339K)

Description	Version no	Version date
XML Schema (XSD 9K)	2.3	10 January 2007
XML Schema Change History (PDF 34K)	2.0	29 June 2007
Validation Rules (PDF 311K)	3.0	6 March 2007
Error Messages (PDF 225K)	2.0	5 February 2007

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• Associate Scheme Administrator (ZIP 144K)

Description	Version no	Version date
XML Schema (XSD 3K)	2.2	10 January 2007
XML Schema Change History (PDF 34K)	2.0	29 June 2007
Validation Rules (PDF 76K)	0.4	30 November 2005
Error Messages (PDF 106K)	2.0	5 February 2007

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• Change Scheme Administrator-Practitioner Details (ZIP 235K)

Description	Version no	Version date
XML Schema (XSD 5K)	2.3	19 October 2006
XML Schema Change History (PDF 34K)	1.0	24 October 2006
Validation Rules (PDF 187K)	1.0	4 December 2006
Error Messages (149K)	1.0	5 February 2007

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• Event Report (ZIP 588K)

Description	Version no	Version date
XML Schema (XSD 39K)	2.7	23 January 2008
XML Schema Change History (PDF 36K)	2.0	29 June 2007
Validation Rules (PDF 351K)	5.1	24 January 2008
Error Messages (PDF 556K)	3.0	27 February 2007

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• Event Report April 2008 (ZIP 586K)

Description	Version no	Version date
XML Schema (XSD 39K)	3.2	22 January 2008
XML Schema Change History (PDF 40K)	1.0	8 February 2008
Validation Rules (PDF 309K)	1.1	24 January 2008
Error Messages (PDF 310K)	1.1	25 February 2008

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• Pension Scheme Registration (From 06/04/07) (ZIP 296K)

Description	Version no	Version date
XML Schema (XSD 11K)	3.0	19 October 2006
XML Schema Change History (PDF 36K)	1.0	24 October 2006
Validation Rules (PDF 260K)	1.0	31 October 2006
Error Messages (PDF 199K)	1.0	2 November 2006

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• Pension Scheme Return (ZIP 787K)

Description	Version no	Version date
XML Schema (XSD 34K)	4.2	10 January 2007
XML Schema Change History (PDF 35K)	1.0	24 October 2006
Validation Rules (PDF 749K)	3.0	2 November 2006
Error Messages (PDF 535K)	3.0	6 November 2006

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• Relief at Source (ZIP 305K)

Description	Version no	Version date
XML Schema (XSD 11K)	0.6	19 October 2006
XML Schema Change History (PDF 35K)	1.0	24 October 2006
Validation Rules (PDF 266K)	0.18	26 July 2006
Error Messages (PDF 208K)	0.5	27 September 2006

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• Maintain Practitioner (ZIP 154K)

Description	Version no	Version date
XML Schema (XSD 3K)	1.0	10 January 2007
Validation Rules (PDF 120K)	2.0	30 October 2007
Error Messages (PDF 120K)	2.0	30 October 2007