# The Pension Protection Fund (Entry Rules) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005, Regulation 22: Refusal to assume responsibility – new schemes created to replace existing schemes

Extent: N.I.

(1) The prescribed period referred to in Article 131(1)(a) (new schemes created to replace existing schemes) during which the Board must be satisfied that a new occupational pension scheme was established shall be the period of 3 years preceding the date on which an assessment period began in relation to the scheme.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall have effect in relation to –
(a) a section of a segregated scheme;
(b) a multi-employer section of a segregated scheme, or
(c) a segregated part of –
(i) a multi-employer section of a segregated scheme, or
(ii) a non-segregated scheme,
as if that section, or segregated part, were a separate occupational pension scheme.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/126/regulation/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pension-protection-fund-entry-rules-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-22
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