Supplementary provisions
3.—(1) Where an employer is making deductions from a person’s remuneration in accordance with a request under Article 5(5) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (duty of employers to facilitate access to stakeholder pension schemes), paragraph (2) of this Article applies.
(2) Where the person withdraws a request to the employer to make deductions in accordance with Article 5(5) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999, that employer must notify the person that—
(a)the employer is no longer required to make deductions from the person’s remuneration and pay contributions to the trustees or managers of the stakeholder pension scheme, and
(b)the person may still be able to make payments directly to the stakeholder pension scheme, subject to the rules of that scheme or the terms and conditions of any contract governing that scheme.