The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 No. 255 (NI. 1)

PART III N.I. THE BOARD OF THE PENSION PROTECTION FUND

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. III (arts. 101-199) applied by S.R. 2005/55, reg. 2A (as inserted (8.3.2010) by Pension Protection Fund and Occupational Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/32), reg. 2(4))

CHAPTER 3 N.I. PENSION PROTECTION

Restrictions on schemes during the assessment period N.I.

Board to act as creditor of the employer N.I.

121.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies where there is an assessment period in relation to an eligible scheme.

(2 )F1  During the assessment period, the rights and powers of the trustees or managers of the scheme in relation to any debt (including any contingent debt) due to them by the employer, whether by virtue of Article 75 of the 1995 Order (deficiencies in the scheme assets) or otherwise, are exercisable by the Board to the exclusion of the trustees or managers.

(3) Where, by virtue of paragraph (2), any amount is paid to the Board in respect of such a debt, the Board must pay that amount to the trustees or managers of the scheme.F1

F1 mod. by SR 2005/91