The Pensions Act 2008 (Commencement No.11) Order 2011

Made: 17th December 2011

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 149(1) and (6) of the Pensions Act 2008[^f00001].

Citation

1

This Order may be cited as the Pensions Act 2008 (Commencement No.11) Order 2011.

Commencement of provisions

2

The following provisions of the Pensions Act 2008 come into force on 3rd January 2012—

• (a) section 49 (monitoring of employers’ payments to personal pension schemes) in so far as it relates to the powers to make regulations under section 111A of the Pension Schemes Act 1993[^f00002], for the purposes only of making regulations;

• (b) section 104 (additional pension etc: minor and consequential amendments) in so far as it relates to the provisions listed in paragraph (c) of this article;

• (c) in Schedule 4—

• (i) paragraph 1 in so far as it relates to the provisions listed in sub-paragraphs (ii) to (xii) of this paragraph,

• (ii) paragraphs 2 and 3,

• (iii) paragraph 4(1) in so far as it relates to the provisions listed in sub-paragraph (iv) of this paragraph,

• (iv) paragraph 4(2) and (3), except for sub-paragraphs (2)(b) and (3)(b) in so far as they relate to Schedule 4C to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992[^f00003],

• (v) paragraph 5,

• (vi) paragraph 6(1) in so far as it relates to paragraph 6(2),

• (vii) paragraph 6(2),

• (viii) paragraph 7, except for sub-paragraph (a),

• (ix) paragraph 8, except for sub-paragraph (a),

• (x) paragraph 9(1) in so far as it relates to the provisions listed in sub-paragraph (xi) of this paragraph,

• (xi) paragraph 9(2) and (3), except for sub-paragraph (2)(c),

• (xii) paragraphs 11 and 12.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Steve Webb — Minister of State, — Department for Work and Pensions — 17th December 2011

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order brings into force provisions of the Pensions Act 2008 (c.30) (“the Act”) on 3rd January 2012.

Article 2 (a) brings section 49 of the Act (monitoring of employers’ payments to personal pension schemes) into force, for the purpose only of conferring power to make regulations under section 111A of the Pension Schemes Act [1993 (c.48)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/48). Section 49 amends section 111A so that the term “employee” includes a “jobholder”.

Article 2 (b) and (c) brings into force certain provisions of Schedule 4, which make minor and consequential amendments to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act [1992 (c.4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/4) in relation to retirement pensions under Part 2 of that Act.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2008 c.30.

[^f00002]: 1993 c.48. Section 111A was inserted by section 9 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c.30); there have been other amendments to section 111A that are not relevant to the making of regulations under that section.

[^f00003]: 1992 c.4.