# The Automatic Enrolment (Offshore Employment) Order 2012, Article 1: Citation, commencement... and interpretation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) This Order may be cited as the Automatic Enrolment (Offshore Employment) Order 2012 and comes into force on 1st July 2012.
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(3) In this Order—
“the 2008 Act” means the Pensions Act 2008;
“the (No. 2) 2008 Act” means the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008;
“the English area”, “the Scottish area” and “the Northern Irish area” have the same meaning in each case as in article 1(2) of the Civil Jurisdiction (Offshore Activities) Order 1987.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1388/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/automatic-enrolment-offshore-employment-order-2012/article-1
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