Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Pensions Act 2011 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2015.

Commencement of provision

2.  Section 7 of the Pensions Act 2011 (timing of automatic re-enrolment) comes into force, in so far as it is not already in force, on 1st April 2015.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force section 7 of the Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19) on 1st April 2015. Section 7 amends section 6(1)(b) of the Pensions Act 2008 (c. 30) so that three years is substituted by two years and nine months. This will ensure that automatic re-enrolment will not happen more frequently than once in every period of two years and nine months. The two years and nine months interval applies to the employer rather than the jobholder.

A full impact assessment has not been prepared for this Order as no impact on the private, public or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Pensions Act 2011 were brought into force by Statutory Instrument before this Order was made.