Part 2

Automatic Enrolment

Certification that alternative to quality requirement is satisfied
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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.
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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).
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