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

Article 2(2)(a)

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

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 1 in force at made date

Provisions of the ActSubject 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 8Jobholder’s right to opt out
Section 9Workers without qualifying earnings
Section 10Information to be given to workers
Section 13Qualifying earnings
Section 15Pay reference period
Section 16(6)Qualifying schemes
Section 17Automatic enrolment schemes
Section 18Occupational 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 24Quality requirement: UK hybrid schemes
Section 26Quality requirement: UK personal pension schemes
Section 29Transitional 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 33Deduction of contributions
Section 37Unpaid contributions notices
Section 38Calculation 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 43Review of notices
Section 49Monitoring of employers’ payments to personal pension schemes
Section 52Penalty notices
Section 54(13)Inducements
Section 58Restrictions on agreements to limit operation of this Part
Section 96Persons working on vessels
Section 97Persons in offshore employment

Article 2(2)(b)

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

Commencement Information

I2Sch. 2 in force at made date

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