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(1)This section applies in relation to a trust scheme—
(a)if a person (referred to in this section and sections 23 [F1to 26] as “the practitioner”) begins to act as an insolvency practitioner in relation to a company which, or an individual who, is the employer in relation to the scheme, or
(b)if the official receiver becomes—
(i)the liquidator or provisional liquidator of a company which is the employer in relation to the scheme, F2...
[F3(ia)the interim receiver of the property of a person who is the employer in relation to the scheme, or]
(ii)the receiver and the manager, or the trustee, of the estate of a bankrupt who is the employer in relation to the scheme.
(2)Where this section applies in relation to a scheme [F4by virtue of subsection (1)], it ceases to do so—
(a)if some person other than the employer mentioned in subsection (1) becomes the employer, or
(b)if at any time neither the practitioner nor the official receiver is acting in relation to the employer;
but this subsection does not affect the application of this section in relation to the scheme on any subsequent occasion when the conditions specified in subsection (1)(a) or (b) are satisfied in relation to it.
[F5(2A)To the extent that it does not already apply by virtue of subsection (1), this section also applies in relation to a trust scheme—
(a)at any time during an assessment period (within the meaning of section 132 of the Pensions Act 2004) in relation to the scheme, and
(b)at any time, not within paragraph (a), when the scheme is authorised under section 153 of that Act (closed schemes) to continue as a closed scheme.]
[F6(2B)The responsible person must, as soon as reasonably practicable, give notice of an event within subsection (2C) to—
(a)the Authority,
(b)the Board of the Pension Protection Fund, and
(c)the trustees of the scheme.
(2C)The events are—
(a)the practitioner beginning to act as mentioned in subsection (1)(a), if immediately before he does so this section does not apply in relation to the scheme;
(b)the practitioner ceasing to so act, if immediately after he does so this section does not apply in relation to the scheme;
(c)the official receiver beginning to act in a capacity mentioned in subsection (1)(b)(i), (ia) or (ii), if immediately before he does so this section does not apply in relation to the scheme;
(d)the official receiver ceasing to act in such a capacity, if immediately after he does so this section does not apply in relation to the scheme.
(2D)For the purposes of subsection (2B) “the responsible person” means—
(a)in the case of an event within subsection (2C)(a) or (b) the practitioner, and
(b)in the case of an event within subsection (2C)(c) or (d), the official receiver.
(2E)Regulations may require prescribed persons in prescribed circumstances where this section begins or ceases to apply in relation to a trust scheme by virtue of subsection (2A) to give a notice to that effect to—
(a)the Authority,
(b)the Board of the Pension Protection Fund, and
(c)the trustees of the scheme.
(2F)A notice under subsection (2B), or regulations under subsection (2E), must be in writing and contain such information as may be prescribed.]
(3)In this section and sections 23 [F7to 26]—
“acting as an insolvency practitioner” and “official receiver” shall be construed in accordance with sections 388 and 399 of the M1Insolvency Act 1986,
“bankrupt” has the meaning given by section 381 of the Insolvency Act 1986,
“company” means a company [F8as defined in section 1(1) of the Companies Act 2006] or a company which may be wound up under Part V of the Insolvency Act 1986 (unregistered companies), F9...
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Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 22(1) substituted (6.4.2005) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), s. 322(1), Sch. 12 para. 40; S.I. 2005/695, art. 2(7), Sch. 1
F2Word in s. 22(1)(b)(i) repealed (10.2.2005 for specified purposes, 6.4.2005 in so far as not already in force) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), ss. 36(2)(a), 322(1), Sch. 13 (with s. 313); S.I. 2005/275, art. 2(3)(a)(b), Sch. Pt. 3
F3S. 22(1)(b)(ia) inserted (10.2.2005 for specified purposes, 6.4.2005 in so far as not already in force) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), ss. 36(2)(a), 322(1) (with s. 313); S.I. 2005/275, art. 2(3)(a)(b), Sch. Pt. 3
F4Words in s. 22(2) inserted (10.2.2005 for specified purposes, 6.4.2005 in so far as not already in force) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), ss. 36(2)(b), 322(1) (with s. 313); S.I. 2005/275, art. 2(3)(a)(b), Sch. Pt. 3
F5S. 22(2A) inserted (10.2.2005 for specified purposes, 6.4.2005 in so far as not already in force) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), ss. 36(2)(c), 322(1) (with s. 313); S.I. 2005/275, art. 2(3)(a)(b), Sch. Pt. 3
F6S. 22(2B)-(2F) inserted (10.2.2005 for specified purposes, 6.4.2005 in so far as not already in force) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), ss. 36(2)(d), 322(1) (with s. 313); S.I. 2005/275, art. 2(3)(a)(b), Sch. Pt. 3
F7Words in s. 22(3) substituted (6.4.2005) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), s. 322(1), Sch. 12 para. 40; S.I. 2005/695, art. 2(7), Sch. 1
F8Words in s. 22(3) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 155(3) (with art. 10)
F9Word in s. 22(3) omitted (30.11.2016) by virtue of The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1034), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 13(2)(b)
F10Words in s. 22(3) omitted (30.11.2016) by virtue of The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1034), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 13(2)(a)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 22-26 excluded (31.12.2000) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Republic of Ireland Schemes Exemption) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/3198), regs. 1(1), 2, Sch.
C2Ss. 22-26 modified (11.4.2005) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Independent Trustee) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/703), regs. 1(1), 10-12
Commencement Information
I1S. 22 in force at 6.4.1997 by S.I. 1997/664, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. 3
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