Article 153 Discharge of liabilities in respect of compensationI1

(1 F1)

This Article applies where the Board assumes responsibility for an eligible scheme in accordance with this Chapter.

(2)

The Board may provide for the discharge of any liability imposed by this Chapter to provide compensation—

(a)

by the taking out of a policy of insurance or a number of such policies;

(b)

by the entry into an annuity contract or a number of such contracts;

(c)

by the transfer of the benefit of such a policy or policies or such a contract or contracts;

(d)

in prescribed circumstances, by the payment of a cash sum calculated in the prescribed manner.

Annotations

I1: Art. 153 partly in operation; art. 153 not in operation at date of making see art. 1(2); art. 153(1)(2)(a)-(c) in operation at 6.4.2006 by S.R. 2006/95, art. 2(c), Sch. Pt. 3

C1: Pt. III (arts. 101-199) applied by S.R. 2005/55, reg. 2A (as inserted (8.3.2010) by Pension Protection Fund and Occupational Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/32), reg. 2(4))
C2: Pt. III amendment to earlier affecting provision S.R. 2005/91 (23.7.2012) by The Pension Protection Fund (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/270), regs. 1, 2
C3: Pt. III modified by S.R. 2005/55 (as amended) (30.4.2013) by The Pension Protection Fund and Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/95), regs. 1(2), 3

C1: Pt. III amendment to earlier affecting provision S.R. 2005/91 (23.7.2012) by The Pension Protection Fund (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/270), regs. 1, 2