The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order (Northern Ireland) 2018

Made: 14th March 2018

Coming into operation: 6th April 2018

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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) 2018 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2018.

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

• (a) in paragraph (a)[^f00005] for “£5,876” substitute “£6,032”;

• (b) in paragraph (b)[^f00006] for “£45,000” substitute “£46,350”.

Rounding of figures

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For the purposes of sections 3(6B)[^f00007], 5(7B) and 13(2) (automatic enrolment, automatic re-enrolment and qualifying earnings), in the case of a pay reference period of a length described in the first row of the Table, the rounded figure in respect of the provision mentioned in the first column of the Table is that which appears below the pay reference period which corresponds to that provision.

Revocation

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The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order (Northern Ireland) 2017[^f00008] is revoked.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 14th March 2018

Anne McCleary — A senior officer of the — Department for Communities

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: See section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))

[^f00002]: 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

[^f00003]: S.I. 2018/367

[^f00004]: 2008 c. 30

[^f00007]: Sections 3(6B) and 5(7B) were inserted by section 6(2) and (4) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012

[^f00008]: S.R. 2017 No. 54

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Editorial notes

[^key-0ec68a2bf3af42830db76b07a17edc2f]: Order revoked (6.4.2019) by The Automatic Enrolment (EarningsTriggerandQualifyingEarningsBand) Order(NorthernIreland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/30), arts. 1(1), 4

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