Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2025

Automatic enrolment: persons and earnings affected

1.—(1) The Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 3 (automatic enrolment), after subsection (1) insert—

“(1A) The Department may by regulations amend subsection (1)(a) so as to decrease the age for the time being specified in that paragraph.”.

(3) In section 5 (automatic re-enrolment), after subsection (1B) insert—

“(1C) The Department may by regulations amend subsections (1)(a) and (1A)(a) so as to decrease either or both of the ages for the time being specified in those paragraphs.”.

(4) After section 13 (qualifying earnings) insert—

““13A.    Qualifying earnings: reduction or removal of lower limit

(1) The Department may by regulations—

(a) amend section 13(1)(a) so as to reduce the amount for the time being specified in that paragraph, or

(b) repeal—

(i) section 9 (workers without qualifying earnings), and

(ii) section 13(1)(a).

(2) Regulations under this section may include such amendments, repeals or revocations of any provision of this Act or any other statutory provision as appear to the Department to be expedient in consequence of the repeal of sections 9 and 13(1)(a).”.

(5) In section 112(4) (orders or regulations subject to the confirmatory procedure), in paragraph (a), after “section” insert “3(1A), 5(1C), 13A,”.