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Amendment of the Pensions Regulator (Notifiable Events) Regulations

9.  In regulation 2 of the Pensions Regulator (Notifiable Events) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005(1) (notifiable events)—

(a)in paragraph (1)—

(i)in sub-paragraph (c) after “another scheme” there shall be inserted “, or where the trustees or managers are required to make or accept a transfer payment without such a decision having been taken, the making or acceptance of that payment,”, and

(ii)in sub-paragraph (e) after “to a member” there shall be inserted “, or where the trustees or managers are required to grant benefits or a right to benefits without such a decision having been taken, the granting of those benefits or that right,”; and

(b)in paragraph (2)—

(i)in sub-paragraph (b) at the end there shall be added “, or where the employer ceases to carry on business in the United Kingdom without such a decision having been taken, the cessation of business in the United Kingdom by that employer”, and

(ii)in sub-paragraph (f) at the end there shall be added “, or where the controlling company relinquishes such control without a decision to do so having been taken, the relinquishing of control of the employer company by that controlling company”.