Regulations extending window for automatic enrolment in Northern Ireland come into force

Implementation date: 1 April 2014

The Automatic Enrolment (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (SI 2013/243) extend the time period available to employers in Northern Ireland for auto-enrolling eligible jobholders into a qualifying pension scheme from one month to six weeks. They also extend the deadlines for providing information to the Pensions Regulator. The Regulations are consistent with Regulations made in Great Britain.