Financial Services Ombudsman (Exempt Business) (Amendment) (Jersey) Order 2015

Financial Services Ombudsman (Exempt Business) (Amendment) (Jersey) Order 2015

Made                                                                             21st July 2015

Coming into force                                                       4th August 2015

THE MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, in pursuance of Article 9 of the Financial Services Ombudsman (Jersey) Law 2014[1], orders as follows –

1        Amendment of Financial Services Ombudsman (Exempt Business) (Jersey) Order 2014

For Article 3(2) of the Financial Services Ombudsman (Exempt Business) (Jersey) Order 2014[2], there are substituted the following paragraphs –

“(2)    Business is relevant occupational pension business if –

(a)     the business is relevant pension business in relation to an occupational pension scheme; and

(b)     both of the conditions in paragraph (3) are met.

(3)     The conditions are –

(a)     that the occupational pension scheme relates to persons who are or have been employees of the person (the ‘employer’) who carries on the business; and

(b)     that the employer does not carry on any other relevant pension business.

(4)     A pension scheme is an occupational pension scheme if –

(a)     it is an occupational pension scheme approved under Article 131 or 131A of the Income Tax (Jersey) Law 1961[3];

(b)     it otherwise has effect so as to provide benefits primarily to or in respect of persons who are or have been employees; or

(c)     it is held out by the employer as being, or as capable of being, a pension scheme that falls within sub-paragraph (a) or (b).”.

2        Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Financial Services Ombudsman (Exempt Business) (Amendment) (Jersey) Order 2015 and comes into force 14 days after it is made.

senator l.j. farnham

Minister for Economic Development

 


 



[1]                                    chapter 13.255

[2]                                    chapter 13.255.30

[3]                                    chapter 24.750


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