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The Occupational Pension Schemes (Scheme Funding) Regulations 2005

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PART 2Savings

8.  Paragraphs 9 to 19 of this Schedule apply to a scheme which—

(a)is subject to section 56 of the 1995 Act immediately before the commencement date, and

(b)becomes subject to Part 3 of the 2004 Act on that date.

9.  Sections 56 and 58 to 60 of the 1995 Act, regulations 15 to 17 and 19 to 27 of the 1996 Regulations and Schedules 2 and 4 to those Regulations continue to apply to the scheme from the commencement date until the date on which the first schedule of contributions under the 2004 Act comes into force.

10.  Where—

(a)immediately before the commencement date, the trustees or managers of the scheme were required under section 57(1)(a) of the 1995 Act and regulation 10 of the 1996 Regulations (time limits for minimum funding valuations) to obtain an actuarial valuation within a period ending on or after the commencement date, and

(b)they have determined before that date, or determine subsequently, that the valuation should be obtained by reference to an effective date before 22nd September 2005,

those provisions apply to the scheme on and after the commencement date in respect of that valuation.

11.  Where—

(a)immediately before the commencement date, the trustees or managers of the scheme were required under section 57(2)(a) of the 1995 Act to obtain an actuarial valuation within the period specified in section 57(4)(a) of that Act, and

(b)they have determined before that date, or determine subsequently, that the valuation should be obtained by reference to an effective date before 22nd September 2005,

those provisions apply to the scheme on and after the commencement date in respect of that valuation.

12.  Where—

(a)immediately before the commencement date, the trustees or managers of the scheme were required under section 57(2)(b) of the 1995 Act to obtain an actuarial valuation by virtue of the occurrence of an event of the kind described in regulation 13 of the 1996 Regulations, and

(b)they have determined before that date, or determine subsequently, that the valuation should be obtained by reference to an effective date before 22nd September 2005,

those provisions apply to the scheme on and after the commencement date in respect of that valuation, subject to the modification that the valuation must be obtained within the period of six months beginning with the date on which the relevant event occurred.

13.  Where—

(a)immediately before the commencement date, the trustees or managers of the scheme were required under section 41(1)(a) and (2)(c) of the 1995 Act and regulation 30 of the 1996 Regulations (ongoing actuarial valuations and statements) to obtain an actuarial valuation within a period ending on or after the commencement date, and an accompanying statement in the form set out in Schedule 6 to those Regulations, and

(b)they have determined before that date, or determine subsequently, that the valuation should be obtained by reference to an effective date before 22nd September 2005,

those provisions apply to the scheme on and after the commencement date in respect of that valuation and statement.

14.  Where a requirement to obtain a valuation is preserved by any of paragraphs 10 to 13 of this Schedule, section 57(5) to (7) of the 1995 Act, regulations 3 to 9 of the 1996 Regulations and (except in the case to which paragraph 13 applies) regulation 14 of and Schedule 1 to those Regulations apply in respect of that valuation.

15.  Where, immediately before the commencement date, the trustees or managers of the scheme were required under section 57(1)(b) of the 1995 Act and regulation 18 of the 1996 Regulations (occasional and periodic certification of adequacy of contributions) to obtain annual certificates as to the adequacy of contributions payable towards the scheme, those provisions, sections 57(5) to (7) of that Act and Schedule 3 to the 1996 Regulations apply to the scheme until the effective date of the first valuation under the 2004 Act relating to the scheme.

16.  Section 61 of the 1995 Act (supplementary), regulation 2 of the 1996 Regulations (interpretation) and regulation 29 of, and Schedule 5 to, those Regulations (modifications) apply, so far as material, on and after the commencement date in relation to the provisions of the Act and Regulations saved by paragraphs 9 to 15 of this Schedule.

17.  Where any provision of the 1995 Act or the 1996 Regulations applies to the scheme on or after the commencement date by virtue of this Schedule, any reference to that provision in the Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) Regulations 1996 M1 (“the Contracting-out Regulations”) applies in relation to the scheme on and after the commencement date as if—

(a)in the case of a provision of the 1995 Act, the repeal of that provision by the 2004 Act had not come into force on that date in accordance with the Pensions Act 2004 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2005 M2 (“the Commencement Order”);

(b)in the case of a provision in the 1996 Regulations, those Regulations had not been revoked by regulation 21, and

(c)the amendments of the Contracting-out Regulations in paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to these Regulations had not come into force.

Marginal Citations

M1S.I. 1996/1172; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1997/786 and 2002/681.

18.  Where any provision of the 1995 Act or the 1996 Regulations applies to the scheme on or after the commencement date by virtue of this Schedule, regulation 4(2) of the Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Pensions Ombudsman) Regulations 1996 M3 shall be taken to include a reference to that provision notwithstanding its repeal by the 2004 Act in accordance with the Commencement Order or the revocation of the 1996 Regulations by regulation 21.

Marginal Citations

M3S.I. 1996/2475, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

19.  Any reference to the 1995 Act or the 1996 Regulations in—

(a)the Occupational Pension Schemes (Winding Up) Regulations 1996 M4;

(b)the Occupational Pension Schemes (Deficiency on Winding Up etc.) Regulations 1996 M5, or

(c)the Occupational Pension Schemes (Employer Debt) Regulations 2005 M6,

applies to the scheme on and after the commencement date as if, where the reference is to a provision of the Act, the repeal of that provision by the 2004 Act had not come into force on that date in accordance with the Commencement Order, and, where the reference is to a provision in the 1996 Regulations, those Regulations had not been revoked by regulation 21.

Marginal Citations

M4S.I. 1996/3126, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

M5S.I. 1996/3128, amended by S.I. 1997/786 and 3038, 1999/3198, 2002/380, 2004/403, 2005/72 and 678.

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