Paragraph 1 Admission to schemesI1

England, Wales and Scotland

In relation to admission to a scheme—

(a)

a minimum or maximum age for admission, including different ages for admission for different groups or categories of worker;

(b)

a minimum level of pensionable pay for admission where that minimum—

(i)

does not exceed one and a half times the lower earnings limit;

(ii)

does not exceed an amount calculated by reference to the lower earnings limit where the aim is more or less to reflect the amount of the basic state retirement pension; or

(iii)

does not exceed an amount calculated more or less to reflect the amount of the basic state retirement pension plus the additional state retirement pensionF1; or

(iv)

does not exceed an amount calculated more or less to reflect the amount of the state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 1 para. 1(b)(iv) and word inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Pensions Act 2014 (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1985), arts. 1(2)(b), 35(3)(a)

Commencement

I1: Sch. 1 para. 1 in force at 1.10.2010, see art. 1