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The Pension Protection Fund (Multi-employer Schemes) (Modification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

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Reconsideration and duty to assume responsibility for a scheme following reconsideration

10.—(1) Article 135 (application for reconsideration) shall be modified in its application to a section of a segregated scheme to which regulation 2 applies so that it shall be read as if in paragraph (8) in the definition of “protected benefits quotation” for the words from ““protected benefits quotation”, in relation to a scheme, means” to “from the reconsideration time” there were substituted –

“protected benefits quotation”, in relation to a section of a segregated scheme, means a quotation for one or more annuities from one or more insurers, being companies willing to accept payment in respect of the members of the section from the trustees or managers of the scheme, which would provide in respect of each member of the section from the reconsideration time.

(2) Article 136 (duty to assume responsibility following reconsideration) shall be modified in its application to a section of a segregated scheme to which regulation 2 applies so that it shall be read as if –

(a)for paragraph (2) there were substituted the following paragraph –

(2) The Board must assume responsibility in accordance with this Chapter for a section of a segregated scheme if it is satisfied that the value of the assets of the section at the reconsideration time is less than the aggregate of –

(a)the amount quoted in the protected benefits quotation accompanying the application,

(b)a proportion of the amount of liabilities of the scheme as a whole at that time, as calculated in the valuation of the relevant section of the scheme referred to in paragraph (2) of Article 135, which are not liabilities to, or in respect of, members of the scheme, and

(c)the estimated cost of winding up the section at that time.;

(b)after paragraph (3) there were inserted the following paragraph –

(3A) Where the trustees or managers of a section of a segregated scheme receive a copy of a determination notice from the Board under paragraph (3), they must send a copy of that notice as soon as practicable to the trustees or managers of each section of the scheme (if different) and to all the employers in relation to the scheme.; and

(c)after paragraph (7) there were inserted the following paragraph –

(7A) Where the trustees or managers of a section of a segregated scheme receive a notice from the Board under paragraph (7) together with a copy of the binding notice, they must send a copy of the notice and the binding notice as soon as practicable to the trustees or managers of each section of the scheme (if different) and to all the employers in relation to the scheme..

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