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Pensions Act 2004, Section 136 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

136Power to validate contraventions of section 135E+W+S
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(1)The Board may validate an action for the purposes of section 135(9) only if it is satisfied that to do so is consistent with the objective of ensuring that the scheme’s protected liabilities do not exceed its assets or, if they do exceed its assets, that the excess is kept to a minimum.

(2)Where the Board determines to validate, or not to validate, any action of the trustees or managers for those purposes, it must issue a notice to that effect and give a copy of that notice to—

(a)the Regulator,

(b)the trustees or managers of the scheme,

(c)any insolvency practitioner in relation to the employer or, if there is no such insolvency practitioner, the employer, and

(d)any other person who appears to the Board to be directly affected by the determination.

(3)A notice under subsection (2) must contain a statement of the Board’s reasons for the determination.

(4)The validation of an action does not take effect—

(a)until—

(i)the Board has issued a notice under subsection (2) relating to the determination, and

(ii)the period within which the issue of that notice may be reviewed by virtue of Chapter 6 has expired, and

(b)if the issue of the notice is so reviewed, until—

(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.

(5)In subsection (1) the reference to the assets of the scheme is a reference to those assets excluding any assets representing the value of any rights in respect of money purchase benefits under the scheme rules.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. 2 modified (8.3.2005 for specified purposes, 6.4.2005 in so far as not already in force) by The Pension Protection Fund (Partially Guaranteed Schemes) (Modification) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/277), regs. 1(1), 2-11

C2Pt. 2 modified in part (9.3.2005 for specified purposes, 1.4.2005 for specified purposes, 6.4.2005 in so far as not already in force (except ch. 4)) by The Pension Protection Fund (Multi-employer Schemes) (Modification) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/441), regs. 1, 2-60, 71, 72

Commencement Information

I1S. 136 in force at 6.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/275, art. 2(7), Sch. Pt. 7

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