The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014

Made: 14th March 2014

Coming into operation: 6th April 2014

The Department for Social Development makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 14 and 15A(1) of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 .

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has made an Order under sections 14(2) and 15A(1) of the Pensions Act 2008 .

Accordingly the Department for Social Development makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2014.

• (2) In this Order any reference to a numbered section is a reference to the section of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 bearing that number.

Increase of amounts

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• (1) In sections 3(1)(c) and 5(1)(c) (automatic enrolment and automatic re-enrolment) for “£9,440” substitute “ £10,000 ”.

• (2) In section 13(1) (qualifying earnings)—

• (a) in paragraph (a) for “£5,668” substitute “ £5,772 ”;

• (b) in paragraph (b) for “£41,450” substitute “ £41,865 ”.

Rounding of figures

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Revocation

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Article 3 of the Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 is revoked.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 14th March 2014

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

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2008 c. 13 (N.I.); section 14 was amended by section 9(1) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 (c. 3 (N.I.)); section 15A was inserted by section 10 of that Act

[^f00002]: S.I. 2014/623

[^f00003]: 2008 c. 30

[^f00004]: Sections 3(1) and 5(1) were substituted by section 6(1) and (3) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 and amended by Article 2(1) of S.R. 2013 No. 79

[^f00005]: Section 13(1) was amended by Article 2(2) of S.R. 2013 No. 79

[^f00006]: Sections 3(6B) and 5(7B) were inserted by section 6(2) and (4) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012

[^f00007]: S.R. 2013 No. 79

Editorial notes

[^c22059481]: 2008 c. 13 (N.I.); section 14 was amended by section 9(1) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 (c. 3 (N.I.)); section 15A was inserted by section 10 of that Act

[^c22059491]: S.I. 2014/623

[^c22059501]: 2008 c. 30

[^c22059511]: Sections 3(1) and 5(1) were substituted by section 6(1) and (3) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 and amended by Article 2(1) of S.R. 2013 No. 79

[^c22059521]: Section 13(1) was amended by Article 2(2) of S.R. 2013 No. 79

[^c22059541]: S.R. 2013 No. 79

[^key-b386bbfd6580147585bba84278628b48]: Art. 3 revoked (6.4.2015) by The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/119), arts. 1(1), 4