Regulation 15
SCHEDULE 3Amendment of the Employer Debt Regulations
For Schedule 1B to the Employer Debt Regulations substitute the following—
Regulation 6D
“SCHEDULE 1BNotifiable Events
1.—(1) Where a withdrawal arrangement or an approved withdrawal arrangement is in force in relation to a scheme, each of the guarantors must give notice to the Authority if such an event as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) occurs in relation to that person.
(2) The events referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are—
(a)any decision by the relevant person to take action which will, or is intended to, result in a debt which is or may become due—
(i)to the trustees of the scheme, or
(ii)if the Board of the PPF has assumed responsibility for the scheme in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 2 of the 2004 Act, to the Board,
not being paid in full;
(b)a decision by the relevant person to cease to carry on business (including any trade or profession) in the United Kingdom or, if the relevant person ceases to carry on such business without taking such a decision, his doing so;
(c)where applicable, receipt by the relevant person of advice that the person is trading wrongfully within the meaning of section 214 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (wrongful trading), or circumstances occurring in which a director or former director of the company knows that there is no reasonable prospect that the company will avoid going into insolvent liquidation within the meaning of that section, and for this purpose section 214(4) of that Act applies;
(d)any breach by the relevant person of a covenant in an agreement between the relevant person and a bank or other institution providing banking services, other than where the bank or other institution agrees with the relevant person not to enforce the covenant;
(e)any change in the relevant person’s credit rating, or the relevant person ceasing to have a credit rating;
(f)where the relevant person is a company, a decision by a controlling company to relinquish control of the relevant person or, if the controlling company relinquishes such control without taking such a decision, its doing so;
(g)two or more changes in the holders of any key relevant person posts within a period of 12 months;
(h)where the relevant person is a company or partnership, the conviction of an individual, in any jurisdiction, for an offence involving dishonesty, if the offence was committed while the individual was a director or partner of the relevant person;
(i)an insolvency event occurring in relation to the relevant person for the purposes of Part 2 of the 2004 Act (see section 121 of that Act: insolvency event, insolvency date and insolvency practitioner).
(3) A notice under sub-paragraph (1) must be given in writing as soon as reasonably practicable after the relevant person becomes aware of the event.
(4) In this paragraph—
“control” has the meaning given in section 435(10) of the Insolvency Act 1986 (meaning of “associate” - meaning of “control”) and “controlling company” is to be read accordingly;
“director” has the meaning given in section 741(1) of the Companies Act 1985 (meaning of “director” and “shadow director”);
“key relevant person posts” means the Chief Executive and any director or partner responsible in whole or in part for the financial affairs of the relevant person.
2.—(1) The trustees or managers of a scheme must give notice to the Authority of any decision by them to take action which will, or is intended to, result in any entering into a scheme apportionment arrangement on or after the applicable time.
(2) A notice under sub-paragraph (1) must be given in writing as soon as reasonably practicable after the making of the decision.
3.—(1) No duty to which a person is subject under paragraph 1 or 2 is to be regarded as contravened merely because of any information or opinion contained in a notice under paragraph 1 or 2.
(2) But sub-paragraph (1) does not require any person to disclose protected items within the meaning of section 311 of the 2004 Act (protected items).
(3) Section 10 of the 1995 Act (civil penalties) applies to any person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with an obligation imposed on him under paragraph 1 or 2.
paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 1A
SCHEDULE 1CActuary’s Certificate for Withdrawal Arrangement Share or Approved Withdrawal Arrangement Share in Multi-Employer Scheme
Given for the purposes of paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 1A to the Occupational Pension Schemes (Employer Debt) Regulations 2005 (“the Employer Debt Regulations”)
paragraph 2(b) and (c)of Schedule 1A
SCHEDULE 1DActuary’s Certificate for Amount B under a Withdrawal Arrangement or an Approved Withdrawal Arrangement in a Multi-Employer Scheme
Given for the purposes of sub-paragraph (b) or (c) of paragraph 2 of Schedule 1A to the Occupational Pension Schemes (Employer Debt) Regulations 2005 (“the Employer Debt Regulations”)
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