
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Pensions Act 2008 (Commencement No. 13) Order 2012.
(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Pensions Act 2008.
2 

(1) The provisions of the Act specified in paragraph (2) come into force on 30th June 2012.
(2) The provisions are—
(a) those listed in Schedule 1 to this Order, in so far as they are not already in force, and
(b) those listed in Schedule 2 to this Order.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Steve Webb
Minister of State
Department for Work and Pensions
28th June 2012
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2(2)(a)


Provisions of the Act Subject matter
Section 2 Continuity of scheme membership
Section 3 Automatic enrolment
Section 5 Automatic re-enrolment
Section 6 Timing of automatic re-enrolment
Section 7 Jobholder’s right to opt in
Section 8 Jobholder’s right to opt out
Section 9 Workers without qualifying earnings
Section 10 Information to be given to workers
Section 13 Qualifying earnings
Section 15 Pay reference period
Section 16 Qualifying schemes
Section 17 Automatic enrolment schemes
Section 18 Occupational pension schemes
Section 20 Quality requirement: UK money purchase schemes
Section 21 Quality requirement: UK defined benefits schemes
Section 22 Test scheme standard
Section 24 Quality requirement: UK hybrid schemes
Section 26 Quality requirement: UK personal pension schemes
Section 29 Transitional periods for money purchase and personal pension schemes
Section 30 Transitional period for defined benefits and hybrid schemes
Section 32 Power of trustees or managers to modify by resolution
Section 33 Deduction of contributions
Section 37 Unpaid contributions notices
Section 38 Calculation and payment of contributions
Section 40 (except paragraph (d) of subsection (1) which is commenced only for the purposes of the exercise of the Regulator’s functions under or by virtue of Part 1 of the Act) Fixed penalty notices
Section 41 (except paragraph (d) of subsection (1) which is commenced only for the purposes of the exercise of the Regulator’s functions under or by virtue of Part 1 of the Act) Escalating penalty notices
Section 43 Review of notices
Section 49 Monitoring of employers’ payments to personal pension schemes
Section 52 Penalty notices
Section 54 Inducements
Section 58 Restrictions on agreements to limit operation of this Part
Section 96 Persons working on vessels
Section 97 Persons in offshore employment
SCHEDULE 2
Article 2(2)(b)


Provisions of the Act Subject matter
Section 1 Jobholders
Section 19 Personal pension schemes
Section 31 Effect of freezing order or assessment period
Section 34 Effect of failure to comply
Section 35 Compliance notices
Section 36 Third party compliance notices
Section 39 Meaning of “relevant contributions”
Section 42 Penalty notices: recovery
Section 44 References to First-tier Tribunal or Upper Tier Tribunal
Section 45 Offences of failing to comply
Section 46 Offences by bodies corporate
Section 47 Offences by partnerships and unincorporated associations
Section 48 Offences of providing false or misleading information
Section 50 Prohibited recruitment conduct
Section 51 Compliance notices
Section 53 Review of notices and references to First-tier Tribunal or Upper Tribunal
Section 55 The right not to suffer detriment
Section 56 Enforcement of the right
Section 57 (except subsection (3)) Right of employee not to be unfairly dismissed
Section 59 Employment Appeal Tribunal
Section 61 Powers to require information and to enter premises
Section 66 Functions of the Pensions Ombudsman
Section 88 “Employer”, “worker” and related expressions
Section 89 Agency workers
Section 90 Directors
Section 91 Crown employment
Section 92 Armed forces
Section 93 House of Lords staff
Section 94 House of Commons staff
Section 95 Police
Section 127 Review of the initial operation of sections 38A and 38B of the Pensions Act 2004