RPSM12307210 - Scheme Administrator Pages: Information Requirements and Administration: Amending details held on Pension Schemes Online: Scheme administrator management: Ceasing to be the scheme administrator for a particular pension scheme

Ceasing to be the scheme administrator for a particular pension scheme

You must notify HMRC if your appointment as scheme administrator for a particular pension scheme has terminated.

You must do this online, by going to www.hmrc.gov.uk and selecting Pension Schemes from "Do it online".

Log in using your user ID and password (see RPSM02306100 and RPSM02306110). Then

• select Pension Schemes Online from your list of services.
• select the HMRC free Pensions Product link or 3rd Party Software link under "File your forms and returns".
• If using HMRC's free Pensions Product, select the pension scheme, then
• select Scheme Administrator Management under "Scheme Administration", then
• click the "cease" link next to your name.

If following your notification there appears to be no person remaining as scheme administrator, you will see a screen message explaining

• what happens if a registered pension scheme has no scheme administrator (HMRC can consider de-registration of the pension scheme - for more guidance about this, see page RPSM02302060 and RPSM02309000), and
• that any new scheme administrator will have to contact HMRC Audit & Pension Schemes Services to be associated to the pension scheme and allow them to make the statutory declarations, see page RPSM02306140.