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Regulation 7A Applications and notifications to the Board – multi-employer schemesF1

(1)

This regulation applies to—

(a)

a multi-employer section to which Part III of the Multi-employer Regulations (segregated schemes: multi-employer sections without requirement for partial wind up on withdrawal of a participating employer) applies which is, for the purposes of Part III of the Order, an eligible scheme, and

(b)

a non-segregated scheme to which Part VI of the Multi-employer Regulations (non-segregated schemes: schemes without provision for partial wind up on withdrawal of a participating employer) applies which is, for the purposes of Part III of the Order, an eligible scheme.

(F22)

In the case of a scheme, or a section of a scheme, to which this regulation applies, the prescribed requirement for the purposes of Article 113(1A)(b) and (4)(a)(ii) (applications and notifications for the purposes of Article 112) is that at least one of F3paragraphs (3) and (5) applies to the employer.

(3)

This paragraph applies to an employer if it is not—

(a)

an individual;

(b)

a company as defined in section 1(1) of the Companies Act 2006;

(c)

a company which may be wound up under Part 6 of the Insolvency Order;

(d)

a partnership, or

(e)

a relevant body as defined in regulation 5(2).

(4)

For the purposes of paragraph (3)(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.

(5)

This paragraph applies to an employer if it is an EEA insurer or EEA credit institution.

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(7)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Reg. 7A inserted (24.8.2005) by The Pension Protection Fund (Entry Rules) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005/364), regs. 1, 2(6)

F2

Reg. 7A(2)-(7) substituted for reg. 7A(2) (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(5)

F3

Words in reg. 7A(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Insolvency (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/146), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 235(4)(a) (with regs. 4, 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4

Reg. 7A(6)(7) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Insolvency (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/146), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 235(4)(b) (with regs. 4, 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)