(1)An employee has the right not to be subjected to any detriment by any act, or any deliberate failure to act, by his employer done on the ground that, being a trustee of a relevant occupational pension scheme which relates to his employment, the employee performed (or proposed to perform) any functions as such a trustee.
(2)F1. . .this section does not apply where the detriment in question amounts to dismissal (within the meaning of [F2Part X]).
[F3(2A)This section applies to an employee who is a director of a company which is a trustee of a relevant occupational pension scheme as it applies to an employee who is a trustee of such a scheme (references to such a trustee being read for this purpose as references to such a director).]
(3)In this section “relevant occupational pension scheme” means an occupational pension scheme (as defined in section 1 of the M1Pension Schemes Act 1993) established under a trust.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 46(2) repealed (25.10.1999) by 1999 c. 26, ss. 18(2)(a), 44, Sch. 9(3); S.I. 1999/2830, art. 2(1)(3), Sch. 1 Pt. I, Sch. 2 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 para. 2)
F2Words in s. 46(2) substituted (25.10.1999) by 1999 c. 26, s. 18(2)(b); S.I. 1999/2830, art. 2(1)(3), Sch. 1 Pt. I, Sch. 2 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 para. 2(2))
F3S. 46(2A) inserted (11.11.1999 for specified purposes and otherwise 25.4.2000) by 1999 c. 30, s. 18, Sch. 2 para. 19(2); S.I. 2000/1047, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. II
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 46 applied (11.11.1999 for specified purposes and otherwise 8.10.2001) by 1999 c. 30, s. 6(1), 89(1)(5)(a) (with s. 8(6)); S.I. 2000/1047, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. V
Commencement Information
I1S. 46 wholly in force at 6.10.1996, see Sch. 2 para. 15(1) and S.I. 1996/2514, art. 2
Marginal Citations