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The Automatic Enrolment (Offshore Employment) (Amendment) Order 2020

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Draft 2020, ISBN 9780111194362

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Draft Order in Council laid before Parliament under section 97(7) of the Pensions Act 2008, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Pensions

Made 2020

Coming into force 30th June 2020

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the   day of  

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

A draft of this Order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament in accordance with section 97(7) of the Pensions Act 2008f1.

Accordingly, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 97(1) of that Act, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2008 c. 30.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment to the Automatic Enrolment (Offshore Employment) Order 2012
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Automatic Enrolment (Offshore Employment) (Amendment) Order 2020 and comes into force on 30th June 2020.

2Amendment to the Automatic Enrolment (Offshore Employment) Order 2012

In the Automatic Enrolment (Offshore Employment) Order 2012f1—

(a)

in article 1—

(i)

in the heading, omit “, expiry”,

(ii)

omit paragraph (2);

(b)

omit article 5.

Signature

Name

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Automatic Enrolment (Offshore Employment) Order 2012 applies certain provisions of the Pensions Act 2008 and the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 to persons in offshore employment, with the effect that those persons are brought within the automatic enrolment for the pensions provisions of those Acts. This instrument removes a sunset provision within that Order which would otherwise have terminated the effect of that Order from 1st July 2020.

A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available at www.legislation.gov.uk.