Part 2The Board of the Pension Protection Fund

Chapter 2Information relating to employer’s insolvency etc

Insolvency events

120Duty to notify insolvency events in respect of employers

1

This section applies where, in the case of an occupational pension scheme, an insolvency event occurs in relation to the employer.

2

The insolvency practitioner in relation to the employer must give a notice to that effect within the notification period to—

a

the Board,

b

the Regulator, and

c

the trustees or managers of the scheme.

3

For the purposes of subsection (2) the “notification period” is the prescribed period beginning with the later of—

a

the insolvency date, and

b

the date the insolvency practitioner becomes aware of the existence of the scheme.

4

A notice under this section must be in such form and contain such information as may be prescribed.