{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-and-personal-pension-schemes-automatic-enrolment-regulations-2010/schedule-2/paragraph-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-and-personal-pension-schemes-automatic-enrolment-regulations-2010/schedule-2/paragraph-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/772",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-and-personal-pension-schemes-automatic-enrolment-regulations-2010",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A statement that by giving written notice to the employer, the worker who is aged at least 16 and under 75 and—\n(a) who earns more than the lower qualifying earnings limit as specified in section 13(1)(a) of the Act (and the amount must be specified in the statement) and is not an active member of a qualifying scheme, may require the employer to arrange for that worker to become an active member of an automatic enrolment scheme and will be entitled to employer’s contributions; or\n(b) who earns no more than the lower qualifying earnings limit as specified in section 13(1)(a) of the Act (and the amount must be specified in the statement) and is not a member of a pension scheme that satisfies the requirements of section 9 of the Act, may require the employer to arrange for that worker to become an active member of such a pension scheme but will not be entitled to employer’s contributions.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 inserted (1.7.2012) by The Automatic Enrolment (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/215), regs. 1(2)(c), 43(3), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 18 substituted (1.4.2015) by The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/501), regs. 1, 15(e)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/772/schedule/2/paragraph/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:47:56.546758+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}