Amendment of the Employers' Duties (Implementation) RegulationsN.I.
3.—(1) The Employers' Duties (Implementation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 M1 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In regulation 3 (early automatic enrolment)—
(a)in paragraph (4)(b) M2 —
(i)at the beginning insert “ where, on the date the employer notifies the Regulator in accordance with sub-paragraph (c), the duty in section 3(2) (automatic enrolment) applies in relation to at least one of that employer's jobholders, ”;
(ii)for “was” substitute “ is ”;
(b)for paragraph (4)(c)(i) M3 substitute—
“(i)where paragraph (5)(a) or (d) applies, on or before the early automatic enrolment date;”;
(c)in paragraph (5) M4—
(i)at the end of sub-paragraph (b) omit “or”;
(ii)at the end of sub-paragraph (c) insert—
“or
(d)in the case of an employer who has no jobholder to whom the duty in section 3(2) (automatic enrolment) applies on the date the employer notifies the Regulator in accordance with paragraph 4(c)(i), any date which is earlier than the staging date corresponding to that employer's description.”.
(3) In regulation 4 (staging of the employers' duties) omit—
(a)paragraph (2);
(b)the second column of the Table M5 (date before which notification to automatically enrol early must be sent).
Marginal Citations
M1S.R. 2010 No. 123; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2012 Nos. 232 and 332
M2Paragraph (4)(b) was amended by regulation 3(4)(c)(iii) of S.R. 2012 No. 232 and regulation 2(4)(b) of S.R. 2012 No. 332
M3Paragraph (4)(c) was substituted by regulation 3(4)(c)(iv) of S.R. 2012 No. 232
M4Paragraph (5) was added by regulation 3(4)(d) of S.R. 2012 No. 232
M5The Table was amended by regulation 2(5) of S.R. 2012 No. 332