Regulation 18 Methods of providing a relevant schemeI1
England and Wales
Any duty imposed by these Regulations to provide a relevant scheme for a protected person may be satisfied by the employer as soon as reasonably practicable–
(a)
participating in the Pension Scheme; or
(b)
(i)
amending or procuring the amendment of an existing retirement benefits scheme to the extent (if any) necessary to cause that scheme to be a relevant scheme; or
(ii)
establishing a new relevant scheme, and in either case being or becoming a participant in that scheme,
and, in any such case, enabling the protected person to participate in that scheme with effect, whether actual or deemed, from the date upon which the duty to provide that scheme arose.