Part 6Private pensions

Automatic enrolment

37Automatic re-enrolment: exceptions where automatic enrolment deferred

(1)

The Pensions Act 2008 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 5 (automatic re-enrolment), after subsection (3) insert—

“(3A)

Subsection (2) does not apply if the jobholder's automatic enrolment date is deferred under section 4 from a date before the automatic re-enrolment date to a date after the automatic re-enrolment date.”

(3)

In section 30(7) (transitional period for defined benefits and hybrid schemes), at the end insert—

“(c)

section 5(2) does not apply in relation to an automatic re-enrolment date that falls before the day with effect from which arrangements would by virtue of this section fall to be made in respect of the jobholder.”