Statutory Instruments
2016 No. 719
Pensions
The Employers’ Duties (Implementation) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
Made
7th July 2016
Laid before Parliament
11th July 2016
Coming into force
1st October 2016
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 29(2) and (4) and 30(8) of the Pensions Act 2008( 1 ):
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Employers’ Duties (Implementation) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 1st October 2016.
Amendment of the Employers’ Duties (Implementation) Regulations 2010
2. —(1)The Employers’ Duties (Implementation) Regulations 2010( 2 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 5 (transitional periods for money purchase and personal pension schemes)—
(a) in paragraph (a) (prescription of first transitional period)—
(i) omit “is five years and three months”; and
(ii) after the words in parentheses, add “, ends on, but includes, 5th April 2018”.
(b) in paragraph (b) (prescription of second transitional period), for the words following the comma, substitute “beginning with 6th April 2018 and ending on, but including, 5th April 2019”.
(3) In regulation 6 (transitional periods for defined benefits and hybrid schemes)—
(a) omit “is five years and three months”; and
(b) after the words “comes into force”, add “, ends on, but includes, 30th September 2017”.
Altmann
Minister of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
7th July 2016
2008 c. 30 . Section 99 defines “prescribed” and “regulations”.
S.I. 2010/4 . Regulations 5 and 6 were amended by S.I. 2012/1813 .