The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

Amendment of the Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Consultation by Employers) Regulations

6.  In regulation 7 of the Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Consultation by Employers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(1) (notifications to employers and duty to consult)—

(a) in paragraph (2)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a) for “(7), or” substitute “(7);”;

(ii) after sub-paragraph (b) add—

“or

(c) where the person proposing the change employs all the affected members.”;

(b) for paragraph (3) substitute—

“(3) A relevant employer(2) must consult about the listed change in accordance with regulations 11 to 16 if—

(a) that employer (“E”) employs all the affected members, or

(b) E’s employees appear to E to include affected members and E is a relevant employer who—

(i) has been notified under paragraph (1), or

(ii) falls within paragraph (2)(b).”.

(1)

S.R. 2006 No. 48; the relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2006 No. 141

(2)

The definition of “relevant employer” in regulation 3(2) was substituted by regulation 8(2) of S.R. 2006 No. 141