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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-disclosure-of-information-amendment-regulations-2012/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1811",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Disclosure of Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-disclosure-of-information-amendment-regulations-2012",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese regulations make amendments to the Occupational Pension Schemes (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1655) to take account of the introduction of automatic enrolment of employees in a pension scheme by employers, which is provided for in Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2008 (c.30).\nThe requirement for the trustees of the scheme to provide basic scheme information to all prospective members, or new members within 2 months of their becoming a member is amended in the case of individuals in relation to whom the trustees have received jobholder information from the employer. The basic scheme information, if not already provided to an individual, must be given to that individual within one month of the scheme receiving the jobholder information.\nThe list of what information must be provided to individuals as part of the basic scheme information is amended, so that the scheme must set out how persons who are eligible to be members of the scheme are admitted to it, which will include whether they are automatically enrolled.\nAn assessment of the impact of these regulations has been made. A copy of the impact assessment is available in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament, and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk. Copies may also be obtained from the Better Regulation Unit of the Department for Work and Pensions, 2D Caxton House, Tothill Street, London SW1H 9NA, or from the DWP website: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/resourcecentre/ris.asp.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "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."
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