The Pension Protection Fund (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Amendment of the Pension Protection Fund (Review and Reconsideration of Reviewable Matters) Regulations

6.—(1) The Pension Protection Fund (Review and Reconsideration of Reviewable Matters) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) In regulation 3 (time for making an application for a review decision)—

(a) in paragraph (1)(a)—

(i) after “an application concerning” insert “the issue of a determination under Article 127(2)(a)(2) or”;

(ii) after “trustees or managers of the scheme provide” insert “a summary of the determination or”;

(b) in paragraph (3)(3)—

(i) after sub-paragraph (d) insert—

“(da) the issue of—

(i) a determination under Article 127(2)(a) (whether condition in Article 111(2)(a) or 112(2)(a) satisfied), or

(ii) a notice under Article 127(2A) (whether Board will make a determination or obtain an actuarial valuation);”;

(ii) at the end of sub-paragraph (j) omit “or”;

(iii) after sub-paragraph (j) insert—

“(ja) the issue of—

(i) a determination under Article 142(3)(a)(4) (whether condition in Article 142(1) satisfied), or

(ii) a notice under Article 142(3A) (whether Board will make a determination or obtain an actuarial valuation); or”.

(3) In regulation 15(3) (time for making an application to reconsider)—

(a) after sub-paragraph (d) insert—

“(da) the issue of—

(i) a determination under Article 127(2)(a) (whether condition in Article 111(2)(a) or 112(2)(a) satisfied), or

(ii) a notice under Article 127(2A) (whether Board will make a determination or obtain an actuarial valuation);”;

(b) at the end of sub-paragraph (i) omit “or”;

(c) after sub-paragraph (j) add—

“or

(k) the issue of—

(i) a determination under Article 142(3)(a) (whether condition in Article 142(1) satisfied), or

(ii) a notice under Article 142(3A) (whether Board will make a determination or obtain an actuarial valuation).”.

(4) In the Schedule (interested person(5))—

(a) after paragraph 7A(6) insert—

“7B. Paragraphs 7B(7) and 7C	7B.	The trustees or managers of the scheme.
7C. Paragraph 7D	7C.
	(a)	the trustees or managers of the scheme; and
	(b)	the members of that scheme or, where a member has died, any person entitled to present payment of a pension by reason of rights under the scheme in respect of a deceased member.”;

(b) omit paragraph (8);

(c) after paragraph 12 insert—

“12A. Paragraphs 14A(8), 14B and 14C

12A.

The trustees or managers of the scheme.”.

(1)

S.R. 2005 No. 138; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2005 No. 357 and S.R. 2006 No. 156

(2)

Article 127 is amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012

(3)

Paragraph (3) was amended by regulation 4(2) of S.R. 2006 No. 156

(4)

Article 142 is amended by paragraph 11 of Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 and is modified by S.R. 2005 No. 137

(5)

The definition of “interested person” in regulation 1(2) was amended by regulation 7(2)(c) of S.R. 2005 No. 357

(6)

Paragraph 7A was inserted by regulation 7(4) of S.R. 2005 No. 357

(7)

Paragraphs 7B to 7D are substituted for paragraph 8 by paragraph 13(2) of Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012

(8)

Paragraphs 14A to 14C are inserted by paragraph 13(3) of Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012