The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020

Made: 27th March 2020

Coming into operation: 6th April 2020

The Department for Communities 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 Communities 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) 2020 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2020.

• (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 amount

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In section 13(1)(a) (qualifying earnings) for “£6,136” substitute “ £6,240 ”.

Rounded figures

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Revocations

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Articles 2(a) and 3 of the Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019 are revoked.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 27th March 2020

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

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

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. 2020/372

[^f00004]: 2008 c. 30

[^f00006]: See sections 3(6B), 5(7B) and 15A of the Pensions (No.2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008. Sections 3(6B) and 5(7B) were inserted by section 6(2) and (4) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 and deal with pay reference periods of less, or more, than 12 months. Section 15A provides for the specification of rounded figures in respect of specified pay reference periods.

[^f00007]: See sections 13(2) and 15A of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008. Section 13(2) deals with pay reference periods of less, or more, than 12 months in connection with the amounts constituting the lower and upper amounts of the qualifying earnings band

[^f00008]: S.R. 2019 No. 30

Editorial notes

[^c24047791]: See section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))

[^c24047801]: 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

[^c24047811]: S.I. 2020/372

[^c24047821]: 2008 c. 30

[^c24047861]: S.R. 2019 No. 30

[^key-1002e1771d6ff279e52fa06eea6a3235]: Art. 3 revoked (6.4.2021) by The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/66), arts. 1(1), 4(b)