The Occupational Pension Schemes (Winding up etc.) Regulations 2005

7.  After regulation 12 insert— E+W+S

“Schemes with partial government guarantee

12A.— (1) This regulation applies if a relevant public authority has—

(a) given a guarantee in relation to any part of a scheme, any benefits payable under the scheme or any member of the scheme; or

(b) made any other arrangements for the purposes of securing that the assets of the scheme are sufficient to meet any part of its liabilities.

(2) Where this regulation applies, sections 73 to 74 and the provisions of these Regulations (apart from this regulation) apply as if the guaranteed part of the scheme and the other part of the scheme were separate schemes.

(3) In this regulation—

“the guaranteed part of the scheme” means the part of the scheme—

(a)

in relation to which the guarantee has been given;

(b)

which relates to benefits payable under the scheme in relation to which the guarantee has been given; or

(c)

which relates to benefits payable under the scheme in relation to the liabilities for which those other arrangements have been made; and

“relevant public authority” has the meaning given in subsection (4) of section 307 of the Pensions Act 2004 (modification of that Act in relation to certain categories of schemes).

Schemes covering United Kingdom and foreign employment

12B.— (1) ––(1) Paragraph (2) applies where a scheme which applies to members in employment in the United Kingdom and members in employment outside the United Kingdom is divided into two or more sections and the provisions of the scheme are such that––

(a) different sections of the scheme apply to members in employment in the United Kingdom and to members in employment outside the United Kingdom (“the United Kingdom section” and “the foreign section”);

(b) contributions payable to the scheme in respect of a member are allocated to the section applying to that member's employment;

(c) a specified part or proportion of the assets of the scheme is attributable to each section and cannot be used for the purposes of any other section; and

(d) the United Kingdom section meets the tax condition (as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Winding up etc.) Regulations 2005) and the foreign section does not do so.

(2) If this paragraph applies sections 73 to 74 and the provisions of these Regulations (apart from this regulation) apply as if each section of the scheme were a separate scheme.

(3) Paragraph (4) applies where—

(a) a scheme applies to members in employment in the United Kingdom and members in employment outside the United Kingdom;

(b) paragraph (2) does not apply to the scheme; and

(c) part of the scheme is registered under section 153 of the Finance Act 2004 (registration of pension schemes) by virtue of that part having been treated as a separate scheme under section 611(3) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 that is treated as becoming a registered pension scheme under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 36 to the Finance Act 2004 by virtue of paragraph 1(2) of that Schedule.

(4) If this paragraph applies, sections 73 to 74 and the provisions of these Regulations (apart from this regulation) apply as if the approved and unapproved parts of the scheme were separate schemes.

(5) In their application to a scheme—

(a) which has been such a scheme as is mentioned in paragraph (1) or (3);

(b) which is divided into two or more sections, some or all of which apply only to members who are not in pensionable service under the section;

(c) the provisions of which have not been amended so as to prevent the conditions in paragraph (1) or, as the case may be, paragraph (3) being met in relation to two or more sections; and

(d) in relation to one or more sections of which those conditions have ceased to be met at any time by reason only of there being no members in pensionable service under the section and, in the case of paragraph (1), no contributions which are to be allocated to it,

sections 73 to 74 apply and the provisions of these Regulations (apart from this regulation) apply as if any section in relation to which those conditions have ceased to be met were a separate scheme.

(6) Before 6th April 2006 paragraph (3) applies with the substitution for sub-paragraph (c) of the following paragraph—

“(c) part of the scheme has been approved by the Commissioners of the Board of Inland Revenue for the purposes of section 590 or 591 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 by virtue of section 611(3) of that Act;”.”.