The following sections are inserted after section 59C of the Principal Act:

"Duties of trustees on winding-up of scheme.

59D. Regulations may provide that, in relation to a scheme which is wound up on or after the commencement of section 43 of the Pensions (Amendment) Act, 2002, -

(a) the trustees shall, within such period and in such manner as may be prescribed, notify such persons as may be prescribed of the winding-up of the scheme,

(b) the trustees shall, in the course of applying the resources of the scheme in consequence of the winding-up, provide such information to such persons in such circumstances as may be prescribed, and

(c) neither the trustees nor any employer to whose employment the scheme relates, shall exercise any discretion -

(i) as to the payment of any of the resources of the scheme to any such employer, or

(ii) as to the abatement of benefits in case of an insufficiency of resources,

unless the members have first been afforded such opportunity as may be prescribed to make observations to the trustees or the employer, as may be appropriate, and unless the trustees or employer (as the case may be) have given due consideration to such observations.

Duties of trustees in connection with bulk transfer.

59E.