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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Pension Protection Fund (Pension Protection Levies Consultation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 20th June 2005.
(2) In these Regulations “the Order” means the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 and any reference to a numbered Article is a reference to the Article of the Order bearing that number.
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The prescribed manner for the consultation required under Article 159(1) (supplementary provisions about pension protection levies) is that the Board shall –
(a) set out in a consultation document the methods it proposes to use in order to determine the matters specified in Article 158(5) (pension protection levies);
(b) publish the consultation document –
(i) on the Pension Protection Fund website; and
(ii) where any person so requests, in a paper format provided by the Board to that person;
(c) publish a summary of non-confidential responses received in relation to that consultation, and its response to those responses –
(i) on the Pension Protection Fund website; and
(ii) where any person so requests, in a paper format provided by the Board to that person.
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The Board shall publish details of any determination it makes under Article 158(5) –
(a) on the Pension Protection Fund website; and
(b) where any person so requests, in a paper format provided by the Board to that person.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 31st May 2005.
John O'Neill
A senior officer of the
Department for Social Development
