Citation and commencement
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.
Amendment of the Pension Protection Fund (Entry Rules) Regulations
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