12.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2), (3) and (4), the automatic re-enrolment date for the purposes of section 5 (automatic re-enrolment) of the Act—
(a)is the date chosen at the discretion of the employer, within a period of one month beginning with the third anniversary of the staging date; and
(b)thereafter, is the date chosen at the discretion of the employer, within a period of one month beginning with the third anniversary of the date chosen for the previous automatic re-enrolment date.
(2) In a case under section 6(3) (timing of automatic re-enrolment) of the Act, the automatic re-enrolment date for the purposes of section 5 of the Act is the day after the day on which—
(a)the jobholder ceases to be an active member of the scheme; or
(b)the scheme ceases to be a scheme of the relevant kind in accordance with section 4 (postponement of automatic enrolment) of the Act.
(3) In a case under section 6(4) of the Act, the automatic re-enrolment date for the purposes of section 5 is the day after the day on which—
(a)the jobholder ceases to be an active member of the scheme; or
(b)the scheme ceases to be a qualifying scheme.
(4) In a case under section 6(5) of the Act, the automatic re-enrolment date for the purposes of section 5 is the first day on which all the requirements of section 1(1) (jobholders) of the Act are met (so that the person is a jobholder from that date).