These Regulations may be cited as the Employers’ Duties (Implementation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 and shall come into operation on F1 7th June 2012 immediately after the coming into operation of regulation 3(2)(a) of the Automatic Enrolment (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 .

In these Regulations—

• “employer” has the meaning given by regulation 2(2);

• “the employers’ duties” means sections 2 to 9;

• “HMRC” means Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;

• “PAYE income” has the meaning given in section 683(1) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 20032;

• “PAYE reference number” means a number issued by HMRC to a corresponding PAYE scheme, enabling an employer to pay over amounts deducted to HMRC;

• “PAYE scheme” means the HMRC record F2 applicable to an employer who—

  1. a

     employs, or

  2. b

     intends to employ,

  a worker to whom PAYE income is payable;

• “scheme administrator” has the same meaning as in section 270 of the Finance Act 20043;

• “staging date” means the date when the employers’ duties apply to employers, prescribed in the third column of the Table;

• “the Table” means the Table in regulation 4.

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