UKPGA-2023-44 — Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Act 2023

preamble

Be it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

s. 1 — Automatic enrolment: persons and earnings affected

s. 1(1)

The Pensions Act 2008 is amended as follows.

s. 1(2)

In section 3 (automatic enrolment), after subsection (1) insert—

s. 1(3)

In section 5 (automatic re-enrolment), after subsection (1B) insert—

s. 1(4)

After section 13 (qualifying earnings) insert—

s. 1(5)

In section 143 (orders and regulations)—

s. 1(5)(a)

in subsection (5) (statutory instruments subject to affirmative resolution procedure), in paragraph (a), after “section” insert “3(1A), 5(1C), 13A,”;

s. 1(5)(b)

after subsection (5) insert—

s. 2 — Extent, commencement and short title

s. 2(1)

Section 1(1) and (5) and this section extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

s. 2(2)

Section 1(2) to (4) extends to England and Wales and Scotland.

s. 2(3)

Section 1 comes into force on such day or days as the Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument appoint.

s. 2(4)

This section comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.

s. 2(5)

This Act may be cited as the Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Act 2023.