Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Act 2024
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Electronic system to be used by default | ||
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101. (1) Subject to this section and to section 103 — | ||
(a) any communication made for any of the purposes of this Act by the Authority to a participant or employer, or by an employer or participant to the Authority, and | ||
(b) any service provided for any of the purposes of this Act by the Authority to a participant or employer, | ||
shall be made or provided by making it available to the recipient through an electronic system provided by the Authority for that purpose. | ||
(2) For the purposes of this Act, a communication made by the Authority to any person is made available to that person through an electronic system if— | ||
(a) the communication is available to view on the electronic system, | ||
(b) the person has received any details necessary for accessing the relevant part of the electronic system, and | ||
(c) where required by subsection (4), a notification that a communication is available to view on the electronic system has been sent to the person in one of the ways referred to in subsection (3). | ||
(3) The ways in which a notification may be sent to a person for the purposes of subsection (2)(c) are: | ||
(a) by sending it to the person by electronic means to an e-mail address or telephone number that the person has provided to receive notifications for the purposes of subsection (2)(c); | ||
(b) by sending it by post to an address which the person has provided to receive notifications for the purposes of subsection (2)(c); | ||
(c) by any other means agreed between the person and the Authority. | ||
(4) A notification referred to in subsection (2)(c) is required to be sent to a person only if the person— | ||
(a) has provided the Authority with an e-mail address or telephone number for the purposes of subsection (3)(a), | ||
(b) has provided the Authority with an address for the purposes of subsection (3)(b), or | ||
(c) has an agreement with the Authority for the purposes of subsection (3)(c). | ||
(5) This section does not apply to a requirement to give notice under section 91 or 92 or to give information to the public. |