Application: general2

1

These Rules apply to any hybrid scheme which falls within any of the descriptions specified in rules 3 to 8.

2

Any scheme of a description specified in a particular rule is referred to in that rule as “a relevant scheme”.

3

In relation to each description of a relevant scheme, rules 3 to 8 set out—

a

how section 24(1) is to be applied in order to determine whether a particular scheme satisfies the quality requirements in relation to a jobholder, and

b

if any such requirements are subject to prescribed modifications in their application to such a scheme.