
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2021.
(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.
2 
In section 13(1)(b) (qualifying earnings) for “£50,000” substitute “£50,270”.
3 
For the purposes of sections 3(6B), 5(7B) and 13(2), for a pay reference period referred to in an entry in column 1 of the Table—
(a) the amount of a jobholder’s earnings which triggers the automatic enrolment or, as the case may be, the automatic re-enrolment of the jobholder pursuant to sections 3 and 5 respectively, is the rounded figure in the corresponding entry in column 2 of the Table;
(b) the lower amount of qualifying earnings (see section 13(1)(a)), is the rounded figure in the corresponding entry in column 3 of the Table;
(c) the upper amount of qualifying earnings (see section 13(1)(b)), is the rounded figure in the corresponding entry in column 4 of the Table.

Table
Column 1Pay reference period Column 2Automatic enrolment and automatic re-enrolment earnings trigger: rounded figure Column 3Lower amount of qualifying earnings: rounded figure Column 4Upper amount of qualifying earnings: rounded figure
1 week £192 £120 £967
2 weeks £384 £240 £1,934
4 weeks £768 £480 £3,867
1 month £833 £520 £4,189
3 months £2,499 £1,560 £12,568
6 months £4,998 £3,120 £25,135
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The following provisions are revoked—
(a) the Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019;
(b) Article 3 of the Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 16th March 2021
(L.S.)Anne McCleary
A senior officer of the Department for Communities
