The Occupational Pension Schemes (Employer Debt) Regulations 2005

[F1Employment-cessation events: generalU.K.

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6ZA.—(1) In these regulations, “employment-cessation event” means, subject to [F2paragraphs (2) to (7)], an event which—

(a)occurs in relation to a multi-employer scheme,

(b)is not a relevant event, and

(c)subject to [F3regulations 6A and 6F], occurs on the date on which—

(i)an employer has ceased to employ at least one person who is an active member of the scheme, and

(ii)at least one other employer who is not a defined contribution employer continues to employ at least one active member of the scheme.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), an employment-cessation event does not occur where there is a restructuring within regulation 6ZB or 6ZC.

(3) An employment-cessation event occurs where there is a restructuring within regulation 6ZB and within six years of that, it becomes apparent that—

(a)the exiting employer or receiving employer provided the trustees or managers with—

(i)incorrect information, or

(ii)incomplete information,

and the trustees or managers are satisfied that they would have made a different decision in step 4 in regulation 6ZB(9) if they had had the correct or complete information,

(b)step 6 has not been completed in accordance with regulation 6ZB(13) and (14), or

(c)step 7 has not been completed in accordance with regulation 6ZB(15) and (16).

(4) An employment-cessation event occurs where there is a restructuring within regulation 6ZC and within six years of that, it becomes apparent that—

(a)step 4 has not been completed in accordance with regulation 6ZC(9) and (10), or

(b)step 5 has not been completed in accordance with regulation 6ZC(11) and (12).

(5) An employment-cessation event does not occur where—

(a)there is a restructuring within regulation 6ZB or 6ZC,

(b)at any time after that, it becomes apparent that any step has not been completed in accordance with regulation 6ZB or 6ZC, and

(c)paragraphs (3) and (4) of this regulation do not apply.

(6) Where an employment-cessation event occurs in accordance with paragraph (3) or (4)—

(a)section 75(4) of the 1995 Act applies as if the amount of the debt due from the exiting employer is treated as a debt due from the exiting employer and the receiving employer jointly and severally,

(b)the date on which the employment-cessation event occurs is the date referred to in paragraph (1)(c), and

(c)for the purposes of calculating the exiting employer’s liability proportion for the purposes of the exiting employer’s liability share, the liabilities attributable to employment with the exiting employer shall be determined as if nothing had been done in relation to carrying out any of the steps in regulations 6ZB or 6ZC.

[F4(7) An employment-cessation event does not occur in respect of the leaving employer within the meaning given in regulation 6E(7) where—

(a)the conditions in regulation 6E(2) are met, and

(b)before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which those conditions were met, an event occurs in relation to that employer which meets the requirements of sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) of paragraph (1) of this regulation.]]

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