Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (temp. 1.7.2012 to 30.6.2020) by The Automatic Enrolment (Offshore Employment) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1388), art. 2 (with saving in art. 5)
Textual Amendments
F1Cross-heading preceding s. 13 substituted (3.11.2011 for specified purposes otherwise 3.1.2012) by Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19), ss. 8(2), 38(1)(4); S.I. 2011/3034, art. 3(a)
(1)A person's qualifying earnings in a pay reference period of 12 months are the part (if any) of the gross earnings payable to that person in that period that is—
(a)more than [F2£6,240], and
(b)not more than [F3£50,270].
(2)In the case of a pay reference period of less or more than 12 months, subsection (1) applies as if the amounts in paragraphs (a) and (b) were proportionately less or more.
(3)In this section, “earnings”, in relation to a person, means sums of any of the following descriptions that are payable to the person in connection with the person's employment—
(a)salary, wages, commission, bonuses and overtime;
(b)statutory sick pay under Part 11 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4);
(c)statutory maternity pay under Part 12 of that Act;
(d)[F4statutory paternity pay] under Part 12ZA of that Act;
(e)statutory adoption pay under Part 12ZB of that Act;
[F5(ea)statutory shared parental pay under Part 12ZC of that Act;]
[F6(eb)statutory parental bereavement pay under Part 12ZD of that Act;]
(f)sums prescribed for the purposes of this section.
Textual Amendments
F2Sum in s. 13(1)(a) substituted (6.4.2020) by The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/372), arts. 1(2), 2
F3Sum in s. 13(1)(b) substituted (6.4.2021) by The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/314), arts. 1(2), 2
F4Words in s. 13(3)(d) substituted (5.4.2015) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 7 para. 74(a); S.I. 2014/1640, art. 7(oo) (with art. 16)
F5S. 13(3)(ea) inserted (1.12.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 7 para. 74(b); S.I. 2014/1640, art. 5(2)(dd)
F6S. 13(3)(eb) inserted (18.1.2020) by Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 (c. 24), s. 2(2), Sch. para. 55; S.I. 2020/45, reg. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2S. 13 modified (6.4.2019) by The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/374), arts. 1(2), 3
C3S. 13(2) modifed (15.6.2012) by The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1506), art. 3
C4S. 13(2) modified (6.4.2013) by The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/667), arts. 1(1), 3
C5S. 13(2) modified (6.4.2014) by The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/623), art. 3
C6S. 13(2) modified (6.4.2015) by The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/468), arts. 1(1), 3
C7S. 13(2) modified (6.4.2016) by The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/435), arts. 1(1), 3
C8S. 13(2) modified (6.4.2017) by The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/394), arts. 1(1), 3
C9S. 13(2) modified (6.4.2018) by The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/367), arts. 1(1), 3
C10S. 13(2) modified (6.4.2020) by The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/372), arts. 1(2), 3
Commencement Information
I1S. 13 wholly in force at 30.6.2012; s. 13 in force for certain purposes at Royal Assent see s. 149(2)(k); s. 13 in force so far as not already in force at 30.6.2012 by S.I. 2012/1682, art. 2(1)(2)(a), Sch. 1