Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Act 2023
Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Act 2023
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Overview of the Act
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This Act amends provisions in the Pensions Act 2008 to give regulation making powers to enable the Secretary of State to make regulations to reduce the lower age limit at which otherwise eligible workers must be automatically enrolled and re-enrolled into a pension scheme by their employers; to make regulations to remove the Lower Earnings Limit (LEL) from the qualifying earnings band so that contributions are calculated from the first pound earned and, to make regulations modifying the requirements of the annual review of the qualifying earnings band.
Type: UK Public General Act
Year and chapter: 2023 c. 44
Royal Assent: 2023-09-18
Last ingested: 2026-06-12 from legislation.gov.uk. Acts commence section by section — check the official text for commencement orders.