The Pensions Act 2008 (Commencement No. 13) Order 2012

Article 2(2)(a)

SCHEDULE 1 U.K. Provisions of the Act (in so far as they are not already in force) coming into force on 30th June 2012

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 in force at made date

Provisions of the Act	Subject matter
Section 2(1)	Continuity of scheme membership
Section 3(2)	Automatic enrolment
Section 5(3)	Automatic re-enrolment
Section 6(4)	Timing of automatic re-enrolment
Section 7(5)	Jobholder’s right to opt in
Section 8	Jobholder’s right to opt out
Section 9	Workers without qualifying earnings
Section 10	Information to be given to workers
Section 13	Qualifying earnings
Section 15	Pay reference period
Section 16(6)	Qualifying schemes
Section 17	Automatic enrolment schemes
Section 18	Occupational pension schemes
Section 20(7)	Quality requirement: UK money purchase schemes
Section 21	Quality requirement: UK defined benefits schemes
Section 22(8)	Test scheme standard
Section 24	Quality requirement: UK hybrid schemes
Section 26	Quality requirement: UK personal pension schemes
Section 29	Transitional periods for money purchase and personal pension schemes
Section 30(9)	Transitional period for defined benefits and hybrid schemes
Section 32(10)	Power of trustees or managers to modify by resolution
Section 33	Deduction of contributions
Section 37	Unpaid contributions notices
Section 38	Calculation and payment of contributions
Section 40(11) (except paragraph (d) of subsection (1) which is commenced only for the purposes of the exercise of the Regulator’s functions under or by virtue of Part 1 of the Act)	Fixed penalty notices
Section 41(12) (except paragraph (d) of subsection (1) which is commenced only for the purposes of the exercise of the Regulator’s functions under or by virtue of Part 1 of the Act)	Escalating penalty notices
Section 43	Review of notices
Section 49	Monitoring of employers’ payments to personal pension schemes
Section 52	Penalty notices
Section 54(13)	Inducements
Section 58	Restrictions on agreements to limit operation of this Part
Section 96	Persons working on vessels
Section 97	Persons in offshore employment

Article 2(2)(b)

SCHEDULE 2 U.K. Provisions of the Act coming into force on 30th June 2012

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. 2 in force at made date

Provisions of the Act	Subject matter
Section 1	Jobholders
Section 19	Personal pension schemes
Section 31	Effect of freezing order or assessment period
Section 34	Effect of failure to comply
Section 35	Compliance notices
Section 36	Third party compliance notices
Section 39	Meaning of “relevant contributions”
Section 42	Penalty notices: recovery
Section 44(14)	References to First-tier Tribunal or Upper Tier Tribunal
Section 45	Offences of failing to comply
Section 46	Offences by bodies corporate
Section 47	Offences by partnerships and unincorporated associations
Section 48	Offences of providing false or misleading information
Section 50	Prohibited recruitment conduct
Section 51	Compliance notices
Section 53(15)	Review of notices and references to First-tier Tribunal or Upper Tribunal
Section 55	The right not to suffer detriment
Section 56	Enforcement of the right
Section 57(16) (except subsection (3))	Right of employee not to be unfairly dismissed
Section 59	Employment Appeal Tribunal
Section 61	Powers to require information and to enter premises
Section 66	Functions of the Pensions Ombudsman
Section 88	“Employer”, “worker” and related expressions
Section 89	Agency workers
Section 90	Directors
Section 91	Crown employment
Section 92	Armed forces
Section 93	House of Lords staff
Section 94	House of Commons staff
Section 95(17)	Police
Section 127	Review of the initial operation of sections 38A and 38B of the Pensions Act 2004

(1)

Section 2 was amended by section 4(1) of the Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19).

(2)

Section 3 was amended by sections 5(1) and (2) and 6(1) of the Pensions Act 2011.

(3)

Section 5 was amended by sections 4(2) to (4), 5(3) and (4) and 6(3) of the Pensions Act 2011.

(4)

Section 6 was amended by sections 4(5), 6(4) and 7 of the Pensions Act 2011.

(5)

Section 7 was amended by section 6(5) of the Pensions Act 2011.

(6)

Section 16 was amended by section 10 of the Pensions Act 2011.

(7)

Section 20(2) was omitted by S.I. 2011/1724.

(8)

Section 22 was amended by section 11(1) of the Pensions Act 2011.

(9)

Section 30 was amended by sections 6(6), 14 and 15 of the Pensions Act 2011.

(10)

Section 32 was amended by sections 12(8) and 16 of the Pensions Act 2011.

(11)

Section 40 was amended by S.I. 2010/22.

(12)

Section 41 was amended by S.I. 2010/22.

(13)

Section 54 was amended by section 4(6) of the Pensions Act 2011.

(14)

Section 44 was amended by S.I. 2010/22.

(15)

Section 53 was amended by S.I. 2010/22.

(16)

Section 57 was corrected by a correction slip (ISBN 978-0-10-543008-7).

(17)

Section 95 was amended by the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13).