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

Additional requirement for the purposes of Article 76

9.—(1) For the purposes of Article 76(2) (which provides for requirements to be prescribed in addition to those mentioned in Article 76(3)) the requirement set out in paragraph (2) of this regulation applies where—

(a) the date specified in accordance with regulation 7(4)(b) (expiry date of the second notice) has passed; and

(b) the trustees or, as the case may be, the employer have not received notification from the Authority in accordance with regulation 8(1)(b).

(2) The requirement is that the trustees or, as the case may be, the employer obtain written confirmation from the Authority that the Authority have not received any representations or information referred to in regulation 8(1)(a) and accordingly Article 76(4) does not apply.