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The Occupational Pension Schemes (Funding and Investment Strategy and Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024

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Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Occupational Pension Schemes (Funding and Investment Strategy and Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2024.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

the actuarial valuation to which the funding and investment strategy relates” has the meaning given by regulation 7(8)(b);

Code” means a code of practice issued by the Regulator;

group undertaking” has the meaning given by section 1161 of the Companies Act 2006(1) (meaning of “undertaking” and related expressions);

journey plan” in relation to a scheme means the scheme’s planned progress in accordance with its funding and investment strategy as it moves towards the relevant date, starting with the effective date of the actuarial valuation to which the funding and investment strategy relates and ending with the relevant date;

low dependency funding basis” in relation to a calculation of the liabilities of a scheme has the meaning given by regulation 5;

low dependency investment allocation” has the meaning given by regulation 4;

maturity” in relation to a scheme is measured in accordance with regulation 3;

professional trustee body” means a body which—

(a)

was not established by an employer in relation to the scheme;

(b)

is remunerated for its services as a trustee by one or more schemes;

(c)

has arranged a policy of indemnity insurance in relation to the exercise of its functions as a trustee of the scheme, and

(d)

is carrying out its functions as a trustee of the scheme in the ordinary course of a profession or business which consists of, or includes, providing and holding itself out as providing services in connection with the management or administration of trusts or any particular aspect of such management or administration, whether or not such services relate to a particular kind of trust;

relevant date” in relation to a scheme means the date determined in accordance with regulation 7 (as revised from time to time in accordance with that regulation);

significant maturity” in relation to a scheme has the meaning given by regulation 3(1)(b);

strength of the employer covenant” has the meaning given by regulation 6.

(2) In these Regulations, any reference to a numbered Article is a reference to the Article of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 bearing that number.

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