A statement that after a valid opt out notice is...
- State in opt-out notice that contributions will be refunded after valid opt-out
Northern Ireland Statutory Rule
2010
United Kingdom
The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010
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What's here
16 compliance obligations
What this Act requires
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Schedules
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A statement that the jobholder has been or will be...
Where the opt out notice may be obtained.
A statement that opting out means that the jobholder shall...
A statement that where the jobholder opts out the jobholder...
A statement that after the opt out period the jobholder...
A statement that a jobholder who opts out or who...
A statement that the jobholder may, by giving written notice...
A statement that the worker (W) may, where W is...
A statement that by giving written notice to the employer,...
A statement where the worker is a jobholder and an...
The jobholder’s automatic enrolment date, automatic re-enrolment date or enrolment...
A statement that the employer has deferred automatic enrolment until...
A statement that the employer shall automatically enrol the worker...
A statement that the employer intends to defer automatic enrolment...
Confirmation that the jobholder is an active member of a...
A statement that a written notice from the worker must...
Where to obtain further information about pensions and saving for...
The name, address, telephone number and electronic contact details of...
(1) The value of any contributions payable to the scheme...
A statement that any contributions payable to the scheme by...
Confirmation as to whether tax relief is or will be...
A statement that if the jobholder, on a date, ceases...
A statement that the jobholder has the right to opt...
A statement indicating the start and end dates of the...
Arrangements to achieve active membership
- Automatically enrol eligible jobholders into a pension scheme
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), for the purposes of the...
- Provide auto-enrolment information to jobholder and pension scheme within 6 weeks
An employer must, on or after the automatic enrolment date,...
- Deduct automatic enrolment contributions from jobholder's pay
Where an employer is given a valid opt out notice,...
- Notify pension scheme when a valid opt-out notice is received
Refunds
- Refund contributions to jobholder after valid opt-out notice
Information to be given to workers
- Give written pension information to jobholders and eligible workers within 6 weeks
Arrangements to achieve active membership
- Enrol workers who give a joining notice into a qualifying pension scheme and provide required information
Prescribed requirements for the purposes of section 4(1), (2) and (3)
- Give written postponement/disapplication notice to workers with prescribed information
Notice to be given under section 30(3)
- Give written transitional-period notice to jobholders within 6 weeks of first enrolment date
Giving of a certificate, retention and disclosure
- Issue, retain and share pension enrolment certificates
Renewal of certificate
- Assess and record pension quality requirements before renewing certificate
Alternative requirements for a money purchase scheme
- Pay minimum pension contributions for your money purchase scheme
Alternative requirements for a personal pension scheme
- Meet alternative quality requirements for personal pension schemes used for automatic enrolment
Scheme not to be treated as satisfying the relevant quality requirement in certain circumstances
- Pay pension contribution shortfalls when the Regulator issues a notice
Requirements for meeting the test scheme standard
- Only scheme actuary or employer can certify a pension scheme meets the test scheme standard
Browse 60 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Citation, commencement and interpretation
Enrolment information
Jobholder information
Pay reference periods for the purposes of sections 1(1)(c), 3(1)(c) and 5(1)(c)
Pay reference periods for the purposes of sections 20(1)(b) and (c) and 26(4)(b) and (5)(b)
Exemption of European employers
Notice of termination of employment
Former members
Tax protection
Winding-up lump sum
Company directors
Limited liability partnerships
Effect of exercise of discretion
Opting out
Automatic re-enrolment dates
Arrangements to achieve active membership
Jobholders excluded from automatic re-enrolment
Opting out
Refunds
Information on the right to opt in to pension saving
Opt in notices and arrangements to achieve active membership
Opting out
Refunds
Form and content of joining notices
Postponement of the automatic enrolment date
Cases in which automatic enrolment may be postponed
Arrangements to achieve active membership
The arrangements prescribed in regulations 6, 7 and 8 are...
Opting out
The arrangements in regulations 9 and 10 are the arrangements...
Refunds
Effect of a certificate under section 28
Form of certificate
Alternative quality requirements for a collective money purchase scheme
Alternative requirements for a hybrid scheme
Contributions under alternative requirements during transitional periods
Pension schemes based in an EEA state other than the United Kingdom
Interpretation
Alternative quality requirements for UK defined benefits schemes
(1) A defined benefits scheme that has its main administration...
Information
Continuity of scheme membership
Further conditions applicable to automatic enrolment schemes
Certain schemes providing average salary benefits excluded from being qualifying schemes
Test scheme: requirements to revalue accrued benefits and increase pensions in payment
Appropriate age
Lump sum test scheme requirements
Interpretation
Modification of test scheme standard: money purchase benefit lump sum accruals
Modification of test scheme standard: final salary lump sum accruals
Modification allowing different quality requirements to be satisfied in aggregate
Description of an occupational pension scheme with its main administration outside the United Kingdom
Quality requirements: non-UK occupational pension schemes
A pension scheme to which section 26 (quality requirement: UK...
Prescribed requirements for non-UK qualifying schemes
Meaning of “provider”
Amendment of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Scheme Administration) Regulations
Amendment of the Personal Pension Schemes (Payments by Employers) Regulations
Due date for the purposes of section 37(3)
Revocations
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