2020 No. 51
The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020
Made
Coming into operation
The Department for Communities M1 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 M2.
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has made an Order M3 under sections 14(2) and 15A(1) of the Pensions Act 2008 M4.
Accordingly the Department for Communities makes the following Order:
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
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
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 amount2
In section 13(1)(a) M5 (qualifying earnings) for “£6,136” substitute “
£6,240
”
.
Rounded figures3
For the purposes of sections 3(6B), 5(7B) and 13(2), for a pay reference period referred to in an entry in column 1 of the Table—
a
the amount of a jobholder's earnings which triggers the automatic enrolment or, as the case may be, the automatic re-enrolment of the jobholder pursuant to sections 3 and 5 respectively, is the rounded figure M6 in the corresponding entry in column 2 of the Table;
b
the lower amount of qualifying earnings (see section 13(1)(a)), is the rounded figure M7 in the corresponding entry in column 3 of the Table;
c
the upper amount of qualifying earnings (see section 13(1)(b)), is the rounded figure in the corresponding entry in column 4 of the Table.
Column 1Pay referenceperiod | Column 2Automatic enrolment and automatic re-enrolment earnings trigger: rounded figure | Column 3Lower amount of qualifying earnings: rounded figure | Column 4Upper amount of qualifying earnings:rounded figure |
---|---|---|---|
1 week | £192 | £120 | £962 |
2 weeks | £384 | £240 | £1,924 |
4 weeks | £768 | £480 | £3,847 |
1 month | £833 | £520 | £4,167 |
3 months | £2,499 | £1,560 | £12,500 |
6 months | £4,998 | £3,120 | £25,000 |
Revocations4
Articles 2(a) and 3 of the Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019 M8 are revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 27th March 2020
See section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))