Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Pensions
Made
30th March 2015
The Department for Social Development makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 34(3) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012(1).
1. This Order may be cited as the Pensions (2012 Act) (Commencement No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015.
2. The day appointed for the coming into operation of section 8 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 (timing of automatic re-enrolment) in so far as it is not already in operation is 1st April 2015.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 30th March 2015
(L.S.)
Anne McCleary
A senior officer of the Department for Social Development
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into operation section 8 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012, in so far as it is not already in operation, on 1st April 2015.
Section 8 amends section 6(1)(b) of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 13 (N.I.)) so that three years is substituted by two years and nine months. This will ensure that automatic re-enrolment will not happen more frequently than once in every period of two years and nine months. The two years and nine months interval applies to the employer rather than the jobholder.
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Act have been brought into operation by earlier commencement orders as from the date shown.
| Provision | Date of Commencement | S.R. No. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Section 2 | 7th June 2012 | 2012 No. 233 (C. 19) | |
| Section 3 | (partially) | 7th June 2012 | 2012 No. 233 (C. 19) |
| Section 5 | (partially) | 30th June 2012 | 2012 No. 265 (C. 24) |
| Section 6 | 30th June 2012 | 2012 No. 265 (C. 24) | |
| Section 7 | (partially) | 30th June 2012 | 2012 No. 265 (C. 24) |
| Section 9 | 7th June 2012 | 2012 No. 233 (C. 19) | |
| Section 10 | (partially) | 7th June 2012 | 2012 No. 233 (C. 19) |
| Section 12 | (partially) | 30th June 2012 | 2012 No. 265 (C. 24) |
| Section 13 | (partially) | 7th June 2012 | 2012 No. 233 (C. 19) |
| Section 14 | (partially) | 7th June 2012 | 2012 No. 233 (C. 19) |
| Section 15 | (partially) | 30th June 2012 | 2012 No. 265 (C. 24) |
| Section 16 | (partially) | 30th June 2012 | 2012 No. 265 (C. 24) |
| Sections 17 and 18 | 30th June 2012 | 2012 No. 265 (C. 24) | |
| Sections 20 and 21 | 7th June 2012 | 2012 No. 233 (C. 19) | |
| Section 22 | (partially) | 7th June 2012 | 2012 No. 233 (C. 19) |
| (partially) | 2nd July 2012 | 2012 No. 265 (C. 24) | |
| (partially) | 23rd July 2012 | 2012 No. 265 (C. 24) | |
| (partially) | 27th March 2013 | 2013 No. 83 (C. 5) | |
| Section 24 | 7th June 2012 | 2012 No. 233 (C. 19) | |
| Section 27 | 24th July 2014 | 2014 No. 203 (C. 14) | |
| Section 32 | 7th June 2012 | 2012 No. 233 (C. 19) | |
| Section 33 | (partially) | 7th June 2012 | 2012 No. 233 (C. 19) |
| (partially) | 30th June 2012 | 2012 No. 265 (C. 24) | |
| Schedule 2 | (partially) | 7th June 2012 | 2012 No. 233 (C. 19) |
| Schedule 4 | (partially) | 7th June 2012 | 2012 No. 233 (C. 19) |
| (partially) | 2nd July 2012 | 2012 No. 265 (C. 24) | |
| (partially) | 23rd July 2012 | 2012 No. 265 (C. 24) | |
| (partially) | 27th March 2013 | 2013 No. 83 (C. 5) | |