Northern Ireland Statutory Rule SI 2010/122 United Kingdom

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

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s.006 Arrangements to achieve active membership Regulated
  • Automatically enrol eligible jobholders into a pension schemeEmployer
s.007 (1) Subject to paragraph (2), for the purposes of the... Regulated
  • Provide auto-enrolment information to jobholder and pension scheme within 6 weeksEmployer
s.008 An employer must, on or after the automatic enrolment date,... Regulated
  • Deduct automatic enrolment contributions from jobholder's payEmployer
s.009 Opting out Regulated
  • Tell employees why their opt-out notice is invalidEmployer
s.010 Where an employer is given a valid opt out notice,... Regulated
  • Notify pension scheme when a valid opt-out notice is receivedEmployer
s.011 Refunds Regulated
  • Refund contributions to jobholder after valid opt-out noticeEmployer
s.018 Opt in notices and arrangements to achieve active membership Regulated
  • Enrol opting-in jobholders into a qualifying pension schemeEmployer
s.021 Information to be given to workers Regulated
  • Give written pension information to jobholders and eligible workers within 6 weeksEmployer
s.023 Arrangements to achieve active membership Regulated
  • Enrol workers who give a joining notice into a qualifying pension scheme and provide required informationEmployer
s.024 Prescribed requirements for the purposes of section 4(1), (2) and (3) Regulated
  • Give written postponement/disapplication notice to workers with prescribed informationEmployer
s.027 Notice to be given under section 30(3) Regulated
  • Give written transitional-period notice to jobholders within 6 weeks of first enrolment dateEmployer
s.032 Giving of a certificate, retention and disclosure Regulated
  • Issue, retain and share pension enrolment certificatesEmployer
s.032 Renewal of certificate Regulated
  • Assess and record pension quality requirements before renewing certificateEmployer
s.032 Alternative requirements for a money purchase scheme Regulated
  • Pay minimum pension contributions for your money purchase schemeEmployer
s.032 Alternative requirements for a personal pension scheme Regulated
  • Meet alternative quality requirements for personal pension schemes used for automatic enrolmentEmployer
s.032 Scheme not to be treated as satisfying the relevant quality requirement in certain circumstances Regulated
  • Pay pension contribution shortfalls when the Regulator issues a noticeEmployer
s.039 Requirements for meeting the test scheme standard Regulated
  • Only scheme actuary or employer can certify a pension scheme meets the test scheme standardEmployer
58 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation, commencement and interpretation
s.002 Enrolment information
s.003 Jobholder information
s.004 Pay reference periods for the purposes of sections 1(1)(c), 3(1)(c) and 5(1)(c)
s.005 Pay reference periods for the purposes of sections 20(1)(b) and (c) and 26(4)(b) and (5)(b)
s.005 Exemption of European employers
s.005 Notice of termination of employment
s.005 Former members
s.005 Tax protection
s.005 Winding-up lump sum
s.005 Company directors
s.005 Limited liability partnerships
s.005 Effect of exercise of discretion
s.012 Automatic re-enrolment dates
s.013 Arrangements to achieve active membership
s.014 Jobholders excluded from automatic re-enrolment
s.015 Opting out
s.016 Refunds
s.017 Information on the right to opt in to pension saving
s.019 Opting out
s.020 Refunds
s.022 Form and content of joining notices
s.025 Postponement of the automatic enrolment date
s.026 Cases in which automatic enrolment may be postponed
s.028 Arrangements to achieve active membership
s.029 The arrangements prescribed in regulations 6, 7 and 8 are...
s.030 Opting out
s.031 The arrangements in regulations 9 and 10 are the arrangements...
s.032 Refunds
s.032 Effect of a certificate under section 28
s.032 Form of certificate
s.032 Alternative quality requirements for a collective money purchase scheme
s.032 Alternative requirements for a hybrid scheme
s.032 Contributions under alternative requirements during transitional periods
s.032 Pension schemes based in an EEA state other than the United Kingdom
s.032 Interpretation
s.032 Alternative quality requirements for UK defined benefits schemes
s.032 (1) A defined benefits scheme that has its main administration...
s.033 Information
s.034 Continuity of scheme membership
s.035 Further conditions applicable to automatic enrolment schemes
s.036 Certain schemes providing average salary benefits excluded from being qualifying schemes
s.037 Test scheme: requirements to revalue accrued benefits and increase pensions in payment
s.038 Appropriate age
s.039 Lump sum test scheme requirements
s.040 Interpretation
s.041 Modification of test scheme standard: money purchase benefit lump sum accruals
s.042 Modification of test scheme standard: final salary lump sum accruals
s.043 Modification allowing different quality requirements to be satisfied in aggregate
s.044 Description of an occupational pension scheme with its main administration outside the United Kingdom
s.045 Quality requirements: non-UK occupational pension schemes
s.046 A pension scheme to which section 26 (quality requirement: UK...
s.047 Prescribed requirements for non-UK qualifying schemes
s.047 Meaning of “provider”
s.048 Amendment of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Scheme Administration) Regulations
s.049 Amendment of the Personal Pension Schemes (Payments by Employers) Regulations
s.050 Due date for the purposes of section 37(3)
s.051 Revocations
Schedules

Schedules

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s.sch002 A statement that after a valid opt out notice is... Regulated
  • State in opt-out notice that contributions will be refunded after valid opt-outEmployer
24 other schedules
s.sch002 A statement that the jobholder has been or will be...
s.sch002 Where the opt out notice may be obtained.
s.sch002 A statement that opting out means that the jobholder shall...
s.sch002 A statement that where the jobholder opts out the jobholder...
s.sch002 A statement that after the opt out period the jobholder...
s.sch002 A statement that a jobholder who opts out or who...
s.sch002 A statement that the jobholder may, by giving written notice...
s.sch002 A statement that the worker (W) may, where W is...
s.sch002 A statement that by giving written notice to the employer,...
s.sch002 A statement where the worker is a jobholder and an...
s.sch002 The jobholder’s automatic enrolment date, automatic re-enrolment date or enrolment...
s.sch002 A statement that the employer has deferred automatic enrolment until...
s.sch002 A statement that the employer shall automatically enrol the worker...
s.sch002 A statement that the employer intends to defer automatic enrolment...
s.sch002 Confirmation that the jobholder is an active member of a...
s.sch002 A statement that a written notice from the worker must...
s.sch002 Where to obtain further information about pensions and saving for...
s.sch002 The name, address, telephone number and electronic contact details of...
s.sch002 (1) The value of any contributions payable to the scheme...
s.sch002 A statement that any contributions payable to the scheme by...
s.sch002 Confirmation as to whether tax relief is or will be...
s.sch002 A statement that if the jobholder, on a date, ceases...
s.sch002 A statement that the jobholder has the right to opt...
s.sch002 A statement indicating the start and end dates of the...

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