# The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) Regulations 2010.
Regulation 2 makes provision under section 87A of the Pensions Act 2008 to add two new circumstances where the employer duties in sections 3(2) (to enrol eligible jobholders) and 5(2) (to re-enrol eligible jobholders) of that Act are turned into a discretion. Those circumstances are when paragraph 1 or 9, respectively, of Schedule 4 to the Finance Act 2016 (fixed protection 2016 and individual protection 2016 in relation to the lifetime allowance) applies to the jobholder.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/79/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-and-personal-pension-schemes-automatic-enrolment-amendment-regulations-2017/note
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