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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2011-commencement-no-3-order-2012/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1681",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions Act 2011 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2011-commencement-no-3-order-2012",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement of provisions",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions of the Act come into force, in so far as they are not already in force, on 30th June 2012—\n(a) section 4 (automatic re-enrolment where scheme membership interrupted);\n(b) section 6 (postponement or disapplication of automatic enrolment);\n(c) section 11 (test scheme standard for schemes that produce sum of money for provision of benefits);\n(d) section 14 (transitional period for defined benefits and hybrid schemes to be optional); and\n(e) section 15 (arrangements where transitional conditions cease to be satisfied).\n(2) The following provisions of the Act come into force on 30th June 2012—\n(a) section 5 (earnings trigger for automatic enrolment and re-enrolment);\n(b) section 16 (power of managers to modify by resolution);\n(c) section 17 (no indemnification for civil penalties); and\n(d) section 36 (service of documents and electronic working).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1681/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:27:20.016678+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."
}