{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-employer-debt-regulations-2005/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-employer-debt-regulations-2005/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/678",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Employer Debt) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-employer-debt-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Schemes with partial government guarantee",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies if a relevant public authority has—\n(a) given a guarantee in relation to any part of a scheme, any benefits payable under the scheme or any member of the scheme; or\n(b) made any other arrangements for the purposes of securing that the assets of the scheme are sufficient to meet any part of its liabilities.\n(2) Where this regulation applies—\n(a) section 75 of the 1995 Act and these Regulations (apart from this regulation) apply as if the guaranteed part of the scheme and the other part of the scheme were separate schemes; and\n(b) the reference to the scheme in the forms set out in Schedules 1, 1C and 1D may be modified appropriately.\n(3) In this regulation—\n“the guaranteed part of the scheme” means the part of the scheme—\n(a)in relation to which the guarantee has been given;\n(b)which relates to benefits payable under the scheme in relation to which the guarantee has been given; or\n(c)which relates to benefits payable under the scheme in relation to the liabilities for which those other arrangements have been made; and\n“relevant public authority” has the meaning given in section 307(4) of the 2004 Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 15(2)(b) substituted (6.4.2010) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Employer Debt and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/725), regs. 1(2), 13"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/678/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:04:11.283026+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}