PART IVSEGREGATED SCHEMES: NON-SEGREGATED MULTI-EMPLOYER SECTIONS OF SEGREGATED SCHEMES WITH REQUIREMENT FOR PARTIAL WIND UP ON WITHDRAWAL OF PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER

Restrictions on winding up, discharge of liabilities etc., and power to validate contraventions of Article 11936

1

Article 119 (restrictions on winding up, discharge of liabilities etc.) shall be modified in its application to a segregated part to which regulation 28 applies so that it shall be read as if –

a

in paragraph (2) after “the winding up of the scheme” there were inserted “under or by virtue of the scheme rules”; and

b

after paragraph (4) there were inserted the following paragraph –

4A

Where an assessment period has begun in relation to a segregated part of a multi-employer section of a segregated scheme, the trustees or managers of the scheme shall not, without the prior approval of the Board, take any action to discharge or transfer any of the assets in that part or any assets that may be assigned to that part.

2

Article 120 (power to validate contraventions of Article 119) shall be modified in its application to a segregated part to which regulation 28 applies so that it shall be read as if after paragraph (2) there were inserted the following paragraph –

2A

Where the trustees or managers of a segregated part of a multi-employer section of a segregated scheme receive a copy of a notice from the Board under paragraph (2), 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 employers in relation to the scheme.