H/P03

Field definition

payReferencePeriod - The pay reference period that this set of contributions is for.

User message

File start date cannot be prior to 2012-10-01

Description

This error indicates that the start date of the payReferencePeriod provided in the /contributions request is before October 1st 2012, the date when automatic enrolment in workplace pensions started. It only applies to the first /contributions request for an admin account.

You should check that the payReferencePeriod start and end dates have been calculated correctly. You can validate the values by comparing with those returned in the nextPayReferencePeriod field of the /account/{id} response.