Circumstances in which following provisions apply
22.—(1) This Article applies in relation to a trust scheme—
(a)if a person (referred to in this Article and Articles 23 to 26 as “the practitioner”) begins to act as an insolvency practitioner in relation to a company which, or an individual who, is the employer in relation to the scheme, or
(b)if the official receiver becomes—
(i)the liquidator or provisional liquidator of a company which is the employer in relation to the scheme, or
(ii)the receiver and the manager, or the trustee, of the estate of a bankrupt who is the employer in relation to the scheme.
(2) Where this Article applies in relation to a scheme, it ceases to do so—
(a)if some person other than the employer mentioned in paragraph (1) becomes the employer, or
(b)if at any time neither the practitioner nor the official receiver is acting in relation to the employer;
but this paragraph does not affect the application of this Article in relation to the scheme on any subsequent occasion when the conditions specified in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) are satisfied in relation to it.
(3) In this Article and Articles 23 to 26—
“acting as an insolvency practitioner” and “official receiver” shall be construed in accordance with Articles 3 and 2 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, “bankrupt” has the meaning given by Article 9 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989(1),
“company” means a company within the meaning given by Article 3 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986(2) or a company which may be wound up under Part VI of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (unregistered companies).