{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-protection-fund-entry-rules-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-protection-fund-entry-rules-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2005/126",
  "legislation_title": "The Pension Protection Fund (Entry Rules) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-protection-fund-entry-rules-regulations-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Applications and notifications to the Board",
  "text": "(1) Except in a case to which regulation 7A applies, the prescribed requirement for the purposes of Article 113(1)(b) and (4)(b) (applications and notifications for the purposes of Article 112) is that at least one of paragraphs (2) and (4) applies to the employer.\n(2) This paragraph applies to an employer if it is not—\n(a) an individual;\n(b) a company as defined in section 1(1) of the Companies Act 2006;\n(c) a company which may be wound up under Part 6 of the Insolvency Order (winding up of unregistered companies);\n(d) a partnership, or\n(e) a relevant body as defined in regulation 5(2).\n(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(c), an employer which is a company incorporated outside the United Kingdom is to be regarded as a company which may be wound up under Part 6 of the Insolvency Order.\n(4) This paragraph applies to an employer if it is an EEA insurer or an EEA credit institution.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 7 substituted (6.4.2016) by The Pension Protection Fund and Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/165), regs. 1, 5(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Insolvency (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/146), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 235(3)(a) (with regs. 4, 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 7(5)(6) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Insolvency (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/146), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 235(3)(b) (with regs. 4, 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/126/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:53:28.757539+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."
}