The Pension Protection Fund (Multi-employer Schemes) (Modification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

The pension compensation provisions

27.—(1) Article 146 (the pension compensation provisions) shall be modified in its application to a multi-employer section of a segregated scheme to which paragraph (1) or (2) of regulation 14 applies so that paragraph (1) shall be read as if –

(a) for “in relation to a scheme” there were substituted “in relation to a multi-employer section of a segregated scheme”;

(b) in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) after “members” there were inserted “of that section”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (c) after “payable” there were inserted “to or in respect of members of that section”; and

(d) in sub-paragraph (d) at the end there were added “payable to or in respect of members of that section”.

(2) Article 147 (adjustments to be made where the Board assumes responsibility for a scheme) shall be modified in its application to a multi-employer section of a segregated scheme to which paragraph (1) or (2) of regulation 14 applies so that it shall be read as if in paragraph (2)(a) after “to any member” there were inserted “of that section”.

(3) Article 150 (duty to pay scheme benefits unpaid at assessment date etc.) shall be modified in its application to a multi-employer section of a segregated scheme to which paragraph (1) or (2) of regulation 14 applies so that it shall be read as if in paragraph (1) for “assumes responsibility for a scheme” there were substituted “assumes responsibility for a multi-employer section of a segregated scheme”.