Citation, commencement and application1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Occupational Pension Schemes (Winding up etc.) Regulations 2005.
2
These Regulations, apart from paragraph 4 of the Schedule, come into force on 6th April 2005 and that paragraph comes into force on 6th April 2006.
3
Regulations 3 to 13 do not apply in the case of any scheme which—
a
was regarded by virtue of regulation 2 of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Winding Up) Regulations 1996 F1 (commencement of winding up) as having begun to be wound up before 6th April 2005 for the purposes of those Regulations; or
b
in accordance with section 124(3A) to (3E) of the 1995 Act began to wind up before that date.