Part 1Pension scheme membership for jobholders
Chapter 1Employers' duties
Employers' duties
7Jobholder's right to opt in
(1)
This section applies to a jobholder who is not an active member of a qualifying scheme.
(2)
But it does not apply at a time when—
(a)
arrangements are required to be made under section 3 or 5 in respect of the jobholder, F1. . .
(b)
F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)
The jobholder may by notice require the employer to arrange for the jobholder to become an active member of an automatic enrolment scheme.
(4)
The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision—
(a)
about the form and content of the notice;
(b)
about the arrangements that the employer is required to make;
(c)
for determining the date with effect from which the jobholder is to become an active member under the arrangements.
(5)
For the purposes of arrangements under subsection (3) regulations may require information to be provided to any person by the employer or—
(a)
where the arrangements relate to an occupational pension scheme, the trustees or managers of the scheme;
(b)
where the arrangements relate to a personal pension scheme, the provider of the scheme.
(6)
For the purposes of arrangements made under subsection (3) in relation to a personal pension scheme, regulations may deem an agreement to exist (subject to section 8) between the jobholder and the provider of the scheme for the jobholder to be an active member of the scheme on terms and conditions determined in accordance with the regulations.
(7)
Subsections (8) and (9) apply where a jobholder becomes an active member of an automatic enrolment scheme in pursuance of a notice under this section and, within the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which that notice was given—
(a)
ceases to be an active member of that scheme, and
(b)
gives the employer a further notice under this section.
(8)
The further notice does not have effect to require the employer to arrange for the jobholder to become an active member of an automatic enrolment scheme.
(9)
But any arrangements the employer makes for the jobholder to become, within that period, an active member of such a scheme must be made in accordance with regulations under this section.