2014 No. 81
The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014
Made
Coming into operation
The Department for Social Development makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 14 and 15A(1) of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 F1.
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has made an Order F2 under sections 14(2) and 15A(1) of the Pensions Act 2008 F3.
Accordingly the Department for Social Development makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
This Order may be cited as the Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2014.
2
In this Order any reference to a numbered section is a reference to the section of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 bearing that number.
Increase of amounts2
1
In sections 3(1)(c) F4 and 5(1)(c) (automatic enrolment and automatic re-enrolment) for “£9,440” substitute “
£10,000
”
.
2
In section 13(1) F5 (qualifying earnings)—
a
in paragraph (a) for “£5,668” substitute “
£5,772
”
;
b
in paragraph (b) for “£41,450” substitute “
£41,865
”
.
Rounding of figuresF73
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Revocation4
Article 3 of the Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 F6 is revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 14th March 2014
2008 c. 13 (N.I.); section 14 was amended by section 9(1) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 (c. 3 (N.I.)); section 15A was inserted by section 10 of that Act