3.—(1) In the application of regulation 2 to a scheme in relation to which there is more than one employer, the requirement imposed by paragraph (2)(b) of that regulation—
(a)where a person has been nominated by all the employers to act as their representative for the purposes of that paragraph, is to consult that person;
(b)where no person has been so nominated but the employers have not all notified the trustees that they need to be consulted, is (subject to paragraph (2)) to consult all the employers; and
(c)where no person has been so nominated and the employers have all notified the trustees that they need not be consulted, does not apply.
(2) Where the trustees specify a reasonable period (not being less than 28 days) within which they must receive representations from the employers, sub-paragraph (1)(b) does not require them to consider any representations received after the end of that period.