The Occupational Pension Schemes (Member-nominated Trustees and Directors) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

1. Introductory Text

2. Part I General Provisions

   1. Preliminary

      1. 1. Citation and commencement

      2. 2. Interpretation

      3. 3. Scheme membership

   2. Application of Articles 16 and 18

      1. 4. Exceptions from member-nominated trustee requirements

      2. 5. Extension of Article 18

      3. 6. Exceptions from member-nominated director requirements

3. Part II Member-nominated Trustees

   1. Article 16 arrangements and rules

      1. 7. Implementation of requirements as to member-nominated trustees: general

      2. 8. Appropriate rules as to the selection and eligibility of member-nominated trustees

   2. Proposals by employers for alternative arrangements

      1. 9. Proposals by the employer for alternative arrangements under Article 17

      2. 10. Time limits for making alternative arrangements under Article 17

   3. Power of trustees to modify schemes by resolution

      1. 11. Modification of schemes affected by requirements

   4. Cessation of application of requirements

      1. 12. Cessation of application of requirements

4. Part III Member-nominated Directors

   1. Article 18 arrangements and rules

      1. 13. Implementation of requirements as to member-nominated directors: general

      2. 14. Appropriate rules as to the selection and eligibility of member-nominated directors

   2. Proposals by employers for alternative arrangements

      1. 15. Proposals by the employer for alternative arrangements under Article 19

      2. 16. Time limits for making alternative arrangements under Article 19

   3. Cessation of application of requirements

      1. 17. Cessation of application of requirements

   4. Aggregation of schemes

      1. 18. Aggregation of linked schemes

5. Part IV General and Supplementary Provisions

   1. Modifications for special cases

      1. 19. Modifications

   2. General provisions about rules and arrangements

      1. 20. Cessation of approval of appropriate rules and alternative arrangements

      2. 21. Appropriate rules in cases where insufficient nominations are received

   3. Miscellaneous and supplementary

      1. 22. Records

      2. 23. Notices

      3. 24. Transitional provisions

6. Signature

7. SCHEDULES

   1. SCHEDULE 1

      The statutory consultation procedure

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      The prescribed appropriate rules

   3. SCHEDULE 3

      Modifications of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and these Regulations

   4. SCHEDULE 4

      Transitional provisions

8. Explanatory Note