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OPS firm

  1. (a) (except in IPRU(INV)) a firm which:
    1. (i) carries on OPS activity; and
    2. (ii) is one or more of the following:
      1. (A) a trustee of the occupational pension scheme in question;
      2. (B) a company owned by the trustees of the occupational pension scheme in question;
      3. (C) a company which is:
        1. (I) an employer in relation to the occupational pension scheme in question in respect of its employees or former employees or their dependants; or
        2. (II) a company within the group which includes an employer within (I); or
        3. (III) an administering authority subject to the 36Local Government Pension Scheme (Administration) Regulations 2008 or the Local Government Pension Scheme (Transitional Provisions, Savings and Amendment) Regulations 201488;36 or
  2. (b) a firm which:
    1. (i) has satisfied the requirements set out in (a) at any time during the past 12 months; but
    2. (ii) is no longer able to comply with those requirements because of a change in the control or ownership of the employer referred to in (a)(ii) during that period.4