The Occupational Pension Schemes (Payments to Employers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

1. Introductory Text

2. Preliminary

   1. 1. Citation, commencement and interpretation

   2. 2. Meaning of “member”

   3. 3. Application to these Regulations

3. Payments from Surplus — Ongoing Schemes

   1. 4. Notice of proposed payment from surplus

   2. 5. Circumstances in which the Authority must be satisfied that the requirements of Article 37 are met

   3. 6. Additional requirement for the purposes of Article 37

4. Distribution of Excess Assets — Schemes Winding Up

   1. 7. Notice of proposal to distribute excess assets to the employer

   2. 8. Circumstances in which the Authority must be satisfied that the requirements of Article 76 are met

   3. 9. Additional requirement for the purposes of Article 76

   4. 10. Requirement to increase benefits — maximum limits

5. Miscellaneous

   1. 11. Modification of schemes

   2. 12. Schemes with more than one employer

   3. 13. Other multi-employer schemes

   4. 14. Exemptions

   5. 15. Revocations and savings

6. Signature

7. Explanatory Note