(1) Where, on or after the commencement of this article, a benefit under the scheme has become payable or is about to become payable to any of the persons specified in sub-article (3), the information specified in paragraphs 1, 3, 4 and 5 of Schedule F, together with the information specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule F in the case of a defined benefit scheme where the benefit is payable on death, shall be furnished to that person as soon as practicable and in any event within 2 months after the benefit becomes payable. In the case of a defined benefit scheme the information specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule F shall, where the benefit is payable otherwise than on death, be furnished on request as soon as practicable and in any event within 2 months after the request is made.
(2) Where the amount of benefit payable under the scheme to a person specified in sub-article (3) is or is about to be altered otherwise than in accordance with paragraph 4 of Schedule F, a statement of th