The Settlement Agreements (Automatic Enrolment) (Description of Person) Order 2012
S.I. 2012/212 · Made 31 January 2012 · Extends to England, Wales and Scotland
Pensions
Made 31st January 2012
Laid before Parliament 1st February 2012
Coming into force 1st July 2012
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 58(6)(d) and 99 of the Pensions Act 2008f1, makes the following Order.
Annotations to the whole text
Textual amendments
- F1
Word in Order title substituted (30.8.2013) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) (Employment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1956), art. 1, Sch. para. 16(a)
Footnotes
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2008 c.30. Section 99 is cited for the definition of “prescribed”.
Contents
1Citation, commencement and interpretationI1
This Order may be cited as the F1Settlement Agreements (Automatic Enrolment) (Description of Person) Order 2012 and comes into force on 1st July 2012.
In this Order—
“regulatory arrangements” has the same meaning as in section 21 of the Legal Services Act 2007f1;
“ILEX” means the Institute of Legal Executives.
2Person specifiedI1
A person authorised by ILEX to practise as a legal executive who is practising subject to the regulatory arrangements of ILEX is specified for the purposes of section 58(5)(c) of the Pensions Act 2008.
Signature
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Steve Webb
Minister of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
31st January 2012
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order specifies that, for the purposes of section 58(5)(c) of the Pensions Act 2008 (c.30), a legal executive is a “relevant independent adviser” for the purposes of being able to give advice in relation to compromise agreements under that Act.
A full impact assessment has not been published for this instrument as it has no impact on the private sector and civil society organisations.