uksi/2020/634 — The Automatic Enrolment (Offshore Employment) (Amendment) Order 2020

2020 No. 634 Pensions The Automatic Enrolment (Offshore Employment) (Amendment) Order 2020 Made 23rd June 2020 Coming into force 30th June 2020 At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 23rd day of June 2020 Present, The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council A draft of this Order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament in accordance with section 97(7) of the Pensions Act 2008 . Accordingly, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 97(1) of that Act, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows: Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Automatic Enrolment (Offshore Employment) (Amendment) Order 2020 and comes into force on 30th June 2020. Amendment to the Automatic Enrolment (Offshore Employment) Order 2012 2 In the Automatic Enrolment (Offshore Employment) Order 2012 — a in article 1— i in the heading, omit “, expiry”, ii omit paragraph (2); b omit article 5. Richard Tilbrook Clerk of the Privy Council EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) The Automatic Enrolment (Offshore Employment) Order 2012 applies certain provisions of the Pensions Act 2008 and the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 to persons in offshore employment, with the effect that those persons are brought within the automatic enrolment for the pensions provisions of those Acts. This instrument removes a sunset provision within that Order which would otherwise have terminated the effect of that Order from 1st July 2020. A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available at www.legislation.gov.uk .