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| Tuesday 22nd January 2008 |
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| [Fifth and sixth Sittings]
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 9, leave out ‘and under 75’. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 4, after ‘jobholder’ insert ‘, without ceasing to be employed |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 4, leave out ‘, or make any omission,’. |
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| | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 18, leave out from ‘reached’ to end of line and insert ‘the age |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 27, leave out subsection (5) and insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | Subsection (2) does not apply if there are prescribed arrangements under which |
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| | the jobholder is entitled to become an active member, with effect from the |
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| | automatic enrolment date, of a qualifying scheme which is a personal pension |
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| | scheme of a prescribed description. |
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| | ( ) | An order will be made under this section to prescribe the terms under which it is |
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| | applicable, and the basis on which its application may be withdrawn with respect |
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| | to specific scheme providers or employers.’. |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 27, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall within three months of |
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| this Act receiving Royal Assent.’. |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 36, at end add— |
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| | ‘(8) | The Secretary of State shall publish an annual report on the impact of means- |
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| | tested benefits on automatically enrolled members of the scheme established |
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| Clause 4, page 3, line 1, leave out subsections (2) and (3). |
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| Clause 4, page 3, line 8, leave out from beginning to ‘within’ in line 10 and insert |
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| ‘Where a person becomes an active member of a scheme in accordance with regulations |
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| under this section, the employer must not take any action, or make any omission, by which |
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| the person ceases to be an active member of the scheme’. |
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| Clause 4, page 3, line 15, at end add— |
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| | ‘(7) | The length of any such postponement shall not exceed 6 months.’. |
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| | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| Clause 5, page 3, line 33, leave out subsection (6) and insert ‘The automatic re- |
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| enrolment date shall be 1st April of each year’. |
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| Clause 5, page 3, line 34, leave out from ‘that’ to end of line 35 and insert ‘fall at |
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| the beginning of the tax year in any relevant year for all jobholders.’. |
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| Clause 5, page 3, line 36, leave out ‘(2)’ and insert ‘(6)’. |
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| | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| Clause 6, page 4, line 6, leave out subsection (4). |
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| Clause 6, page 4, line 12, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(5A) | The regulations must provide for the notice— |
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| | (a) | to include information about the effect in relation to jobholders of giving |
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| | notice under this section, and |
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| | (b) | to be signed by the jobholder’.
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| Clause 6, page 4, line 15, after ‘qualifying’ insert ‘scheme which is a’. |
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| Clause 6, page 4, line 17, at end add— |
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| | ‘(7) | Subsections (8) and (9) apply where a jobholder becomes an active member of an |
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| | automatic enrolment scheme in pursuance of a notice under this section and, |
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| | within the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which that notice was |
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| | (a) | ceases to be an active member of that scheme, and |
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| | (b) | gives the employer a further notice under this section. |
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| | (8) | The further notice does not have effect to require the employer to arrange for the |
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| | jobholder to become an active member of an automatic enrolment scheme. |
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| | (9) | But any arrangements the employer makes for the jobholder to become, within |
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| | that period, an active member of such a scheme must be made in accordance with |
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| | regulations under this section.’. |
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| | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| Clause 7, page 4, line 25, after ‘refunded’, insert ‘to the jobholder’.
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| Clause 7, page 4, line 28, after ‘refunded’, insert ‘to the employer’.
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| Clause 7, page 4, line 39, at end add— |
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| | ‘(c) | to be given in writing by the jobholder’. |
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