The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Amendment of Schedule 2

13.  In Schedule 2(1) (information)—

(a) for the reference note substitute “Regulations 2, 21, 24 and 27”;

(b) for paragraph 1 substitute—

“1.   A statement that the jobholder has been or will be enrolled into a pension scheme.”;

(c) omit paragraphs 3, 7, 19, 23 and 25;

(d) in paragraph 6 for the words from “in accordance with section 192 or 193” to the end substitute “on employee contributions.”;

(e) for paragraph 18 substitute—

“18.   A statement that by giving written notice to the employer, the worker who is aged at least 16 and under 75 and—

(a) who earns more than the lower qualifying earnings limit as specified in section 13(1)(a)(2) (and the amount must be specified in the statement) and is not an active member of a qualifying scheme, may require the employer to arrange for that worker to become an active member of an automatic enrolment scheme and will be entitled to employer’s contributions, or

(b) who earns no more than the lower qualifying earnings limit as specified in section 13(1)(a) (and the amount must be specified in the statement) and is not a member of a pension scheme that satisfies the requirements of section 9 (workers without qualifying earnings), may require the employer to arrange for that worker to become an active member of such a pension scheme but will not be entitled to employer’s contributions.”.

(1)

Schedule 2 was added by regulation 2(27) of S.R. 2012 No. 232

(2)

Section 13(1)(a) was amended by Article 2(a) of S.R. 2015 No. 119