Section A45 Challenge brought by Board of the Pension Protection FundF1
This section applies where—
a moratorium—
is in force in relation to a company that is an employer in respect of an eligible scheme, or
is or has been in force in relation to a company that has been an employer in respect of an eligible scheme at any time during the moratorium, and
the trustees or managers of the scheme are a creditor of the company.
The Board of the Pension Protection Fund may make any application under section A42(1) or A44(1) that could be made by the trustees or managers as a creditor.
For the purposes of such an application, any reference in section A42(1) or A44(1) to the interests of the applicant is to be read as a reference to the interests of the trustees or managers as a creditor.
In this section “eligible scheme” has the meaning given by section 126 of the Pensions Act 2004.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Pt. A1 inserted (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), ss. 1(1), 49(1) (with ss. 2(2), 5(2))
Notes on Part A1
Modifications
- C1
Pt. A1 excluded by S.I. 2012/3013, Sch. 1 para. 1(2A) (as inserted (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 3 para. 49(4) (with ss. 2(2), 5(2)))
- C2
Pt. A1 power to apply (with modifications) conferred by 2011 c. 25, s. 247A (as inserted (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 3 para. 45 (with ss. 2(2), 5(2)))
- C3
Pt. A1 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2014/229, art. 2(A1), Sch. 1 para. 1(2), Pt. 1A (as inserted (18.7.2020) by The Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions (Arrangements, Reconstructions and Administration) (Amendment) and Consequential Amendments Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/744), arts. 1, 7(b), 11(b)(c))
- C4
Pt. A1 applied (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (3.9.2020) by The Insolvency (Moratorium) (Special Administration for Energy Licensees) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/943), regs. 1(2), 2-10