# The Electricity (Protected Persons) (Scotland) Pension Regulations 1990, Regulation 18: Methods of providing a relevant scheme


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 North Scheme or, as the case may be, the South 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/510/regulation/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-protected-persons-scotland-pension-regulations-1990/regulation-18
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