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Article 2
| Provisions of the Act | Subject matter |
|---|---|
| Section 2(1) | Continuity of scheme membership |
| Section 3(2) | Automatic enrolment |
| Section 5(3) | Automatic re-enrolment |
| Section 6(4) | Timing of automatic re-enrolment |
| Section 7(5) | Jobholder’s right to opt in |
| Section 8 | Jobholder’s right to opt out |
| Section 9 | Workers without qualifying earnings |
| Section 10 | Information to be given to workers |
| Section 13(6) | Qualifying earnings |
| Section 15 | Pay reference period |
| Section 16(7) | Qualifying schemes |
| Section 17 | Automatic enrolment schemes |
| Section 18 | Occupational pension schemes |
| Section 20(8) | Quality requirement: UK money purchase schemes |
| Section 21 | Quality requirement: UK defined benefits schemes |
| Section 22(9) | Test scheme standard |
| Section 24 | Quality requirement: UK hybrid schemes |
| Section 26(10) | Quality requirement: UK personal pension schemes |
| Section 29 | Transitional periods for money purchase and personal pension schemes |
| Section 30(11) | Transitional period for defined benefits and hybrid schemes |
| Section 32(12) | Power of trustees or managers to modify by resolution |
| Section 33 | Deduction of contributions |
| Section 37 | Unpaid contributions notices |
| Section 38 | Calculation and payment of contributions |
| Section 40(13), except for subsection (1)(d) which is commenced for the purpose only of the exercise of the Regulator’s functions under Part 1 of the Act | Fixed penalty notices |
| Section 41(14), except for subsection (1)(d) which is commenced for the purpose only of the exercise of the Regulator’s functions under Part 1 of the Act | Escalating penalty notices |
| Section 43 | Review of notices |
| Section 49 | Monitoring of employers’ payments to personal pension schemes |
| Section 52 | Penalty notices |
| Section 54(15) | Inducements |
| Section 58 | Restrictions on agreements to limit operation of this Part |
| Provisions of the Act | Subject matter |
|---|---|
| Section 1 | Jobholders |
| Section 19 | Personal pension schemes |
| Section 31 | Effect of freezing order or assessment period |
| Section 34 | Effect of failure to comply |
| Section 35 | Compliance notices |
| Section 36 | Third party compliance notices |
| Section 39 | Meaning of “relevant contributions” |
| Section 42 | Penalty notices: recovery |
| Section 44(16) | References to First-tier Tribunal or Upper Tribunal |
| Section 45 | Offences of failing to comply |
| Section 46 | Offences by bodies corporate |
| Section 47 | Offences by partnerships and unincorporated associations |
| Section 48 | Offences of providing false or misleading information |
| Section 50 | Prohibited recruitment conduct |
| Section 51 | Compliance notices |
| Section 53(17) | Review of notices and references to the First-tier Tribunal or Upper Tribunal |
| Section 55 | The right not to suffer detriment |
| Section 56 | Enforcement of the right |
| Section 57, except for subsection (3) | Right of employee not to be unfairly dismissed |
| Section 60 | Powers to require information and to enter premises |
| Section 64 | Functions of the Pensions Ombudsman |
| Section 70 | “Employer”, “worker” and related expressions |
| Section 71 | Agency workers |
| Section 72 | Directors |
| Section 73 | Crown employment |
| Section 74 | Armed forces |
| Section 75 | Police |
| Section 76 | Persons working on vessels |
Section 2 was amended by section 5(1) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 (c. 3 (N.I.))
Section 3 was amended by sections 6(1) and (2) and 7(1) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 and Article 2(1) of S.R. 2012 No. 240
Section 5 was amended by sections 5(2) to (4), 6(3) and (4) and 7(3) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 and Article 2(1) of S.R. 2012 No. 240
Section 6 was amended by sections 5(5), 7(4) and 8 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012
Section 7 was amended by section 7(5) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012
Section 13 was amended by Article 2(2) of S.R. 2012 No. 240
Section 16 was amended by section 11 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012
Section 20 was amended by regulation 3(2) of S.R. 2012 No. 120
Section 22 was amended by section 12(1) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012
Section 26 was amended by regulation 3(3) of S.R. 2012 No. 120
Section 30 was amended by sections 7(6), 15 and 16 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012
Section 32 was amended by sections 13(7) and 17 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012
Section 40 was amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 1 to the Pensions Regulator Tribunal (Transfer of Functions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 4 (N.I.))
Section 41 was amended by paragraph 30 of Schedule 1 to the Pensions Regulator Tribunal (Transfer of Functions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010
Section 54 was amended by section 5(6) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012
Section 44 was amended by paragraph 31 of Schedule 1 to the Pensions Regulator Tribunal (Transfer of Functions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010
Section 53 was amended by paragraph 32 of Schedule 1 to the Pensions Regulator Tribunal (Transfer of Functions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010
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