The Act of 1990 is amended by inserting the following new section after section 48:

"48A. Payment of certain amounts by Minister for Finance where resources of relevant scheme are not sufficient to discharge liabilities in respect of benefits referred to in section 48(1D)

(1) Where the resources of a relevant scheme referred to in section 48(1D) are not sufficient to discharge the liabilities, referred to in section 48(1D), of that scheme in respect of the benefits referred to in section 48(1D) -

(a) the trustees of that scheme shall direct the actuary appointed to that scheme to prepare a statement of the difference between those liabilities in respect of the benefits referred to in section 48(1D) and the resources of that scheme that are available to discharge those liabilities in respect of those benefits, and

(b) the statement referred to in paragraph (a) shall -

(i) include a statement of the amount required to discharge the liabilities in respect of the benefits referred to in that paragraph (in this section referred to as the ‘relevant amount’), and

(ii) include a statement by the actuary appointed to the relevant scheme that the relevant amount is the amount required for the discharge of the liabilities of that relevant scheme in respect of the benefits referred to in section 48(1D).

(2) The trustees referred to in subsection (1) shall -