Amendment of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Fraud Compensation Payments and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations6

1

The Occupational Pension Schemes (Fraud Compensation Payments and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20057 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).

2

In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) after the definition of “partially guaranteed scheme” insert—

  • “the Partially Guaranteed Schemes Regulations” means the Pension Protection Fund (Partially Guaranteed Schemes) (Modification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005;

3

In regulation 5 (applications for fraud compensation payments)—

a

in paragraph (5)(b) at the beginning insert “except where paragraph (6) applies,”;

b

after paragraph (5) add—

6

This paragraph applies to a scheme to which regulation 2A of the Partially Guaranteed Schemes Regulations (schemes to which regulation 2(1) does not apply) applies.

4

In regulation 7 (amount of fraud compensation)—

a

in paragraph (5)(b) at the beginning insert “except where paragraph (6) applies,”;

b

after paragraph (5) add—

6

This paragraph applies to a scheme to which regulation 2A of the Partially Guaranteed Schemes Regulations (schemes to which regulation 2(1) does not apply) applies.

5

In regulation 11 (partially guaranteed schemes) for “The fraud compensation” substitute “Except where a partially guaranteed scheme is a scheme to which regulation 2A of the Partially Guaranteed Schemes Regulations (schemes to which regulation 2(1) does not apply) applies, the fraud compensation”.