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The Pensions (2012 Act) (Commencement No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015

S.R. 2015/206 · Made 30 March 2015

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Pensions

Made 30th March 2015

The Department for Social Development makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 34(3) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2012 c. 3 (N.I.)

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Appointed day
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Pensions (2012 Act) (Commencement No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015.

2Appointed day

The day appointed for the coming into operation of section 8 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 (timing of automatic re-enrolment) in so far as it is not already in operation is 1st April 2015.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 30th March 2015

(L.S.)

Anne McCleary

A senior officer of the Department for Social Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into operation section 8 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012, in so far as it is not already in operation, on 1st April 2015.

Section 8 amends section 6(1)(b) of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 13 (N.I.)) so that three years is substituted by two years and nine months. This will ensure that automatic re-enrolment will not happen more frequently than once in every period of two years and nine months. The two years and nine months interval applies to the employer rather than the jobholder.