1. These Regulations may be cited as the Pension Protection Fund (Entry Rules) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 2nd August 2008.
2. In regulation 3 of the Pension Protection Fund (Entry Rules) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005(1) (schemes which cease to be eligible schemes)—
(a)in paragraph (1)—
(i)at the end of sub-paragraph (a) omit “or”;
(ii)at the end of sub-paragraph (b) insert—
“or
(c)the employer in relation to the scheme, or the last remaining employer in relation to a multi-employer scheme, is dissolved,”;
(b)after paragraph (2) add—
“(3) In its application to a segregated scheme, paragraph (1) shall have effect as if each section of the scheme were a separate scheme.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 11th July 2008
(L.S.)
John O’Neill
A senior officer of the Department for Social Development