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The Pensions (2008 No. 2 Act) (Commencement No. 8) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012

Type Ni-Statutory-Rule

Publication 2012-06-07

State In force

Jurisdiction Northern Ireland

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Made: 7th June 2012

The Department for Social Development makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 118(1) of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008[^f00001].

Citation

1

This Order may be cited as the Pensions (2008 No. 2 Act) (Commencement No. 8) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012.

Commencement of provisions

2

The following provisions of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 shall come into operation, in so far as they are not already in operation, on 8th June 2012—

(a) section 14[^f00002] (review of earnings trigger and qualifying earnings band), and

(b) section 28[^f00003] (certification that quality requirement or alternative requirement is satisfied).

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 7th June 2012

Anne McCleary — A senior officer of the Department for Social Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order brings into operation sections 14 and 28 of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (“the Act”) as amended by the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 (c. 3 (N.I.)) (“the 2012 Act”), in so far as they are not already in operation, on 8th June 2012.

Section 14 of the Act (as amended by section 9 of the 2012 Act) provides that whenever an order is made under section 14 of the Pensions Act 2008 (c. 30), the Department for Social Development may make a corresponding order for Northern Ireland substituting the earnings trigger and qualifying earnings band for automatic enrolment and re-enrolment.

Section 28 of the Act (as amended by sections 13 and 14 of the 2012 Act) allows an employer to certify that the pension scheme used by that employer meets the quality requirements imposed by Part 1 of the Act or alternative requirements that are prescribed.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2008 c. 13 (N.I.)

[^f00002]: Section 14 was amended by section 9(1) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 (c. 3 (N.I.))

[^f00003]: Section 28 was amended by sections 13(1) to (6) and 14 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012

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