SCHEDULE 2MODIFICATIONS OF THE ACT AND REGULATIONS

[F1Employers in deferred debt arrangements

3C.(1) This paragraph applies where a deferred employer is treated under regulation 6F(4) of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Employer Debt) Regulations 2005 (deferred debt arrangement) as if it employed at least one person who is an active member of a scheme.

(2) Where this paragraph applies, Part 3 of the 2004 Act and these Regulations are modified so that references to “employer” include a reference to a deferred employer.

(3) This paragraph ceases to apply where the deferred debt arrangement referred to in regulation 6F of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Employer Debt) Regulations 2005 in respect of the deferred employer comes to an end in accordance with that regulation.]