Construction and Determinations by Trustees. Subject to the stated purposes of the Plumbers and Pipefitters National Pension Fund and the provisions of this Trust Agreement, the Trustees shall have full and exclusive authority to determine all questions of coverage and eligibility, methods of providing or arranging for benefits and all other related matters. They shall have full power to construe the provisions of this Agreement and Declaration of Trust and the Plan of Pension Benefits, and the terms used therein and any rules and regulations issued thereunder. Any such determination and any such construction adopted by the Trustees in good faith shall be binding upon the Union, the Employers, Employees and their Beneficiaries.
Construction and Determinations by Trustees. (a) Subject to the stated purposes of the EPB Fund and the provisions of this Trust Agreement, the Trustees shall have full and exclusive discretionary authority to determine all questions or controversies of whatsoever character arising in any manner or between any parties or persons in connection with the EPB Fund or the operation thereof, whether as to any claim of coverage and eligibility, methods of providing or arranging for benefits, construction of the provisions of this Trust Agreement and the terms used herein, the plan of benefits, or the bylaws, regulations and the Summary Plan Descriptions issued thereunder, or as to any writing, decision, instrument or accounts in connection with the operation of the EPB Fund or otherwise. Such questions or controversies shall be submitted to the Trustees, or where Trustee responsibility has been delegated to others, to such persons, for decision. The Trustees, or where Trustee responsibility has been delegated to others, such other person, shall, subject to the requirements of law, be the sole judges of the standard of proof required in any case and the application and interpretation of this Trust Agreement, and the decisions of the Trustees or their delegates shall be final and binding.
Construction and Determinations by Trustees. Subject to the stated purposes of the Fund and the provisions of this Agreement, the Trustees shall have full and exclusive authority to determine all questions of coverage and eligibility, methods of providing or arranging for benefits and all other related matters. The Trustees shall have full power to construe the provisions of this Agreement, the terms used herein and the by-laws and regulations issued thereunder. Any such determination and any such construction adopted by the Trustees in good faith shall be binding upon all of the parties hereto and the Beneficiaries hereof. No matter respecting the foregoing or any difference arising thereunder or any matter involved in or arising under this Trust Agreement shall be subject to the grievance or arbitration procedure established in any collective bargaining agreement between the Association and the Union, provided, however, that this clause shall not affect the rights and liabilities of any of the parties under any such collective bargaining agreements.
Construction and Determinations by Trustees. Subject to the purposes of the Trust Fund and the provisions of this Trust Agreement, the Trustees have full and exclusive discretionary authority to determine all questions of coverage and eligibility, methods of providing for benefits and all other related matters. They have full discretionary power to interpret the provisions of this Trust Agreement and the Plan of Benefits, and the terms used in these documents and any rules and regulations issued in connection with these documents. Any such determination and any such interpretation adopted by the Trustees in good faith will be binding upon the Union, the Employer, the Employees, and their Beneficiaries.
