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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 No. 255
109.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), for the purposes of this Part, a notice issued under Article 106 is not binding until—
(a)the Board issues a determination notice under Article 107 approving the notice,
(b)the period within which the issue of the determination notice under that Article may be reviewed by virtue of Chapter 6 has expired, and
(c)if the issue of the determination notice is so reviewed—
(i)the review and any reconsideration,
(ii)any reference to the PPF Ombudsman in respect of the issue of the notice, and
(iii)any appeal against his determination or directions,
has been finally disposed of and the determination notice has not been revoked, varied or substituted.
(2) Where a notice is issued under Article 106 by the Board by virtue of Article 108, the notice is not binding until—
(a)the period within which the issue of the notice may be reviewed by virtue of Chapter 6 has expired, and
(b)if the issue of the notice is so reviewed—
(i)the review and any reconsideration,
(ii)any reference to the PPF Ombudsman in respect of the issue of the notice, and
(iii)any appeal against his determination or directions,
has been finally disposed of and the notice has not been revoked, varied or substituted.
(3) Where a notice issued under Article 106 becomes binding, the Board must as soon as reasonably practicable give a notice to that effect together with a copy of the binding notice to—
(a)the Regulator,
(b)the trustees or managers of the scheme,
(c)the insolvency practitioner or former insolvency practitioner who issued the notice under Article 106 or, where that notice was issued by the Board by virtue of Article 108, the insolvency practitioner or former insolvency practitioner mentioned in paragraph (1) of that Article,
(d)any insolvency practitioner in relation to the employer (who does not fall within sub-paragraph (c)), and
(e)if there is no insolvency practitioner in relation to the employer, the employer.
(4) A notice under paragraph (3)—
(a)must be in the prescribed form and contain such information as may be prescribed, and
(b)where it is given in relation to a withdrawal notice issued under Article 106(2)(b) which has become binding, must state the time from which the Board ceases to be involved with the scheme (see Article 133).
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