Contact the with details of your former employer. They should have a record of the scheme itself, and should also be able to advise you if there have been any breaches of relevant Pensions Acts. You don't pay the Pensions Board for their service, as they are a State body.
In general, as you are still a member of the pension scheme (a deferred member) I would have thought that you should have been advised of any material changes to the scheme, including a switch from Defined Benefit to Defined Contribution.