The Automatic Enrolment (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2012 No. 232

Pensions

The Automatic Enrolment (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Made

6th June 2012

Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1(1)

The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 107A(15)(b) and 177(2) to (4) of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993(1), Articles 49(8) and 166(1) to (3) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(2), and now vested in it(3), and sections 2(3), 3(2), (5) and (6), 4(1) to (3) and (5), 5(4), (6) and (8), 6(1)(b) and (2), 7(5), 10, 11, 12, 15(1) and (2), 16(2), 22(4), 23(1)(b) and (c), (3) and (6), 24(1), 29(2) and (4), 30(5), (7A) and (8), 37(3), 38(2) to (4), 40(4), 41(4) and (5), 43(3), 52(3), 54(3), 59, 78 and 113(2) of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008(4).

(1)

1993 c. 49; section 107A was inserted by Article 10 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)); see also subsection (18) of that section as added by section 49 of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 13 (N.I.))

(2)

S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22); Article 49(8) was substituted by Article 11(1) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999

(3)

See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481

(4)

2008 c. 13 (N.I.); section 2(3) was substituted by section 5(1) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 (c. 3 (N.I.)); section 4 was substituted by section 7(2) of that Act; section 5(4) was substituted by section 5(3) of that Act; section 5(8) was amended by section 5(4) of that Act; section 6(1)(b) was amended by section 8 of that Act; section 23 was substituted by section 12(2) of that Act; section 30(5) was amended by section 16(2) of that Act; section 30(7A) was inserted by section 15(4) of that Act; section 59 is amended by section 33(2) of that Act; see also paragraph (b) of the definition of “provider” in section 78