Regulation 24 Amendment of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Scheme Funding) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

(1)

The Occupational Pension Schemes (Scheme Funding) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2(1), omit the definitions of “EEA agreement” and “EEA state”.

(3)

For regulation 17(1)(d) substitute—

“(d)
a scheme which is treated as such by virtue of paragraph 4 or 5 of Schedule 2 and applies to members in employment outside the United Kingdom;”.

(4)

In Schedule 2—

(a)

in paragraph 4, in sub-paragraphs (2)(b) and (d)(i) and (3)(a), for “EEA states” in each place where it occurs substitute “United Kingdom”;

(b)

omit paragraph 6 (schemes undertaking cross-border activities).

Annotations

f1: S.R. 2005 No. 568; amended by S.R. 2007 No. 457; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.