Preliminary

Citation, commencement, application and extent1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Occupational Pension Schemes (Employer Debt) Regulations 2005.

2

These Regulations come into force on 6th April 2005.

3

These Regulations do not apply to—

F1a

any employer in relation to any debt which has arisen under section 75(1) of the 1995 Act to the trustees or managers of the scheme before that date.

b

any scheme which immediately before that date was regarded by virtue of regulation 2 of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Winding Up) Regulations 1996 M1 as having begun to be wound up before that date for the purposes of those Regulations; or

c

any scheme which according to the rules in section 124(3A) to (3E) of the 1995 Act M2 began to wind up before that date.

4

These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.