The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) Regulations 2010

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) Regulations 2010 and shall come into force on 1st October 2012.

(2) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Pensions Act 2008;

“the 1993 Act” means the Pension Schemes Act 1993;

“the 1995 Act” means the Pensions Act 1995;

“applicable pay reference period” means—

(a)

a period of one week; or

(b)

in the case of a jobholder who is paid their regular wage or salary by reference to a period longer than a week, that period;

“automatic enrolment date” has the meaning given by section 3(7) (automatic enrolment) of the Act;

“automatic re-enrolment date” means the date determined in accordance with regulation 12;

“enrolment date” means the date determined in accordance with regulation 18(6);

“enrolment information” has the meaning given by regulation 2;

“jobholder information” has the meaning given by regulation 3;

“joining notice” means a notice given under section 9(2) (workers without qualifying earnings) of the Act;

“opt in” means the jobholder’s right under section 7(3) of the Act (jobholder’s right to opt in) by notice to require the employer to arrange for the jobholder to become an active member of an automatic enrolment scheme;

“opt in notice” means a notice given under section 7(3) (jobholder’s right to opt in) of the Act;

“opt out” means the jobholder’s right to give notice under section 8 (jobholder’s right to opt out) of the Act;

“opt out notice” means a notice in the form set out in the Schedule;

“opt out period” means the period determined in accordance with regulation 9(2) or (3);

“staging date” means the date sections 2 to 8 of the Act first apply in relation to the employer.