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The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Type Ni-Statutory-Rule

Publication 2012-06-08

State In force

Jurisdiction Northern Ireland

Department Government Printer for Northern Ireland

Source legislation.gov.uk

Reform history JSON API PDF

Made: 8th June 2012

Coming into operation: 1st July 2012

The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 107A(15)(b) and 177(2) to (4) of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 , Articles 49(8) and 166(1) to (3) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 , and now vested in it , and sections 2(3), 3(2), (5) and (6), 5(2), (4), (6), (7) and (8), 6(1)(b) and (2), 7(4) to (6), 8(2)(b) and (3) to (6), 9(3), 10, 15(1) and (2), 16(2) and (3)(c), 17(1)(c), 18(c), 22(4) to (7), 23(1)(b) and (c), (3) and (6), 24(1), 25, 27, 28(1), (2)(b), (3A) and (4) to (7), 30(5), (6)(c) and (7A), 33(2), 37(3), 59 and 113(2) of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 .

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation—

(a) except for the purposes of regulation 2(2), on 1st July 2012 immediately after the coming into operation of regulation 2 of the Automatic Enrolment (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 , and

(b) for the purposes of regulation 2(2), on 1st July 2012 immediately after the coming into operation of the other provisions of these Regulations.

(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Amendment of the Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) Regulations

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(1) The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).

(2) In regulation 1(1) (commencement) for “1st October 2012” substitute “ 1st July 2012 immediately after the coming into operation of regulation 2 of the Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 ”.

(3) After Part 7 (automatic enrolment following the transitional period for defined benefit and hybrid schemes) insert—

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