[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 9]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR2530.201-1]

[Page 449]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XXV--PENSION AND WELFARE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                  LABOR
 
PART 2530--RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR EMPLOYEE PENSION BENEFIT PLANS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart A--Scope and General Provisions
 
Sec. 2530.201-1  Coverage; general.

    Coverage of the provisions of part 2 of title I of the Act is 
determined under a multiple step process. First, the plan must be an 
employee benefit plan as defined under section 3(3) of the Act and 
Sec. 2510.3-3. (See also the definitions of employee welfare benefit 
plan, section 3(1) of the Act and Sec. 2510.3-1 and employe pension 
benefit plan, section 3(2) of the Act and Sec. 2510.3-2). Second, the 
employee benefit plan must be subject to title I of the Act. Coverage 
for title I is specified in section 4 of the Act. Third, section 201 of 
the Act specifies the employee benefit plans subject to title I which 
are not subject to the minimum standards of part 2 of title I of the 
Act. Section 2530.201-2 specifies the employee benefit plans subject to 
title I of the Act which are exempted from coverage under part 2 of 
title I of the Act and this part (2530).