Part 2Automatic Enrolment
I1I213Certification that alternative to quality requirement is satisfied
1
Section 28 of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (sections 20, 24 and 26: certification that quality requirement is satisfied) is amended as follows.
2
For the heading substitute “
Certification that quality requirement or alternative requirement is satisfied
”
.
3
In subsection (1) for “any jobholder of an employer” substitute “
each of an employer's relevant jobholders
”
.
4
After subsection (1) insert—
1A
In this section—
a
“relevant jobholder” means a jobholder to whom the certificate in question applies;
b
a reference to a scheme includes a reference to part of a scheme.
5
In subsection (2)—
a
for “state that” substitute
state—
a
that
b
for “the jobholders” substitute “
relevant jobholders
”
;
c
at the end add
, or
b
that, in relation to those jobholders, the scheme is in that person's opinion able to satisfy a prescribed alternative requirement throughout the certification period.
6
In subsection (6)—
a
in paragraph (e) for “any jobholder” substitute “
any relevant jobholder
”
;
b
in paragraph (f) for “jobholders” substitute “
relevant jobholders
”
.
7
In section 32 of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (power to modify by resolution) in subsection (1)(b) for the words after “the scheme” substitute
to satisfy—
i
the requirements contained in section 20(1),
ii
those requirements as modified under section 24(1)(a), or
iii
a requirement prescribed under section 28(2)(b).