C1PART 1PENSION SCHEME MEMBERSHIP FOR JOBHOLDERS
CHAPTER 7APPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION
F1Exceptions
S. 69A and preceding cross-heading inserted (16.7.2015) by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5), ss. 37(2), 53(1); S.R. 2015/307, art. 2(1)(c)
69APower to create exceptions from the employer duties etc.
1
The Department may by regulations provide for exceptions tothe employer duties; and an exception may in particular—
a
turn an employer duty into a power;
b
be framed by reference to a description of worker, particular circumstances or in some other way.
2
But the regulations may not provide for an exception for employers of a particular size.
3
Regulations which make provision under subsection (1)(a) may make provision modifying this Part or regulations made under it in connection with that provision.
4
The regulations may make provision in connection with the coming to an end of the state of affairs that caused an exception to apply, including provision—
a
modifying this Part or regulations made under it in relation to a person;
b
for the purpose of putting a person, wholly or partly, in the position he or she would have been in if the exception had never applied.
5
In this section “employer duties” means any duty of an employer under any provision of sections 2 to 11 and 54 or of regulations made under those sections.
Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (1.7.2012) by The Automatic Enrolment (Offshore Employment) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1388), arts. 1(1), 2 (with art. 5)