Regulation 5 Amendment of regulation 20

for sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(a)

at the expiry of—

(i)

except where paragraph (ii) applies, the period of ten years beginning with the date on which the rules or arrangements were treated as approved under paragraph 8 or, as the case may be, paragraph 9 of Schedule 1; or

(ii)

where, in the case of an approval of arrangements under section 17 or 19, the employer gives notice in accordance with regulation 9(1)(a) or 15(1)(a) on or after 6th October 2002, the period of four years beginning with the date on which the arrangements were treated as approved under paragraph 8 or, as the case may be, paragraph 9 of Schedule 1;”; and

for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(b)

on the date on which fresh rules or arrangements are treated as approved under paragraph 8 or, as the case may be, paragraph 9 of Schedule 1;”.