Pensions Act, 1990

Conflict between Part III and schemes.

38.—(1) The provisions of this Part, of any regulations made there under and of the Second Schedule shall override any rule of a scheme to the extent that that rule conflicts with those provisions.

(2) Any question as to—

(a) whether any provision of this Part (including the application of any provision as modified by regulations), any regulations made thereunder or the Second Schedule conflicts with any rule of a scheme, or

(b) whether a scheme is a defined benefit scheme or a defined contribution scheme for the purposes of this Part,

shall be determined by the Board on application to it in writing in that behalf by a person specified in subsection (3).

(3) The following persons shall be entitled to make an application under subsection (2) in respect of a scheme:

(a) the trustees of the scheme;

(b) any person who is an employer of persons in relevant employment to which the scheme applies;

(c) any member or prospective member of the scheme;

(d) such other persons (if any) as may be prescribed, being persons who, in the opinion of the Minister, ought to be entitled to make such an application.

(4) An appeal to the High Court on a point of law from a determination of the Board under subsection (2) in relation to a scheme, may be brought by the person who made or a person who was entitled to make the application concerned under subsection (2).