The Pension Protection Fund (Entry Rules) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Confirmation of scheme status – binding notices

13.—(1) Where the Board determines to approve or not to approve a notice issued by an insolvency practitioner or former insolvency practitioner in relation to an employer in relation to a scheme under Article 106 (insolvency practitioners duty to issue notices confirming status of scheme), the determination notice which the Board must issue under paragraph (4) of that Article to that effect shall be in writing and shall contain the following information –

(a)the name or type of the notice issued;

(b)the date on which the notice is issued;

(c)the name, address and pension scheme registration number of the scheme in respect of which the notice is issued;

(d)the name of the employer in relation to the scheme in respect of which the notice is issued;

(e)a statement that the Board received a notice from the insolvency practitioner or former insolvency practitioner under Article 106, the effect of that notice and the date on which it was issued by the insolvency practitioner;

(f)the name of the insolvency practitioner or former insolvency practitioner;

(g)a statement of whether or not the Board has determined to approve the notice issued by the insolvency practitioner or former insolvency practitioner under Article 106;

(h)the address for communications at which the Board may be contacted in connection with the issue of the notice, and

(i)whether the notice issued by the Board contains any restricted information and, if so, the nature of the restriction.

(2) Where a notice issued under Article 114(2) or (3) (Board’s duty where application or notification received under Article 113) becomes binding, the notice which the Board must issue under Article 114(7) to that effect shall be in writing and shall contain the following information –

(a)the name or type of the notice issued;

(b)the date on which the notice is issued;

(c)the name, address and pension scheme registration number of the scheme in respect of which the notice is issued;

(d)the name of the employer in relation to the scheme in respect of which the notice is issued;

(e)a statement that the notice issued under Article 114(2) or (3) has become binding;

(f)the date on which the notice under Article 114(2) or (3) was issued, and

(g)whether the notice issued by the Board contains any restricted information and, if so, the nature of the restriction.