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Escalating penalty notice for failure to comply with request for information [F1etc]N.I.

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18.—(1) The Regulator may issue an escalating penalty notice to a person if it considers that the person has failed to comply [F2with—

(a)a] notice issued under Article 67 of the 2005 Order (provision of information to Regulator on request), so far as relevant to the exercise of any of the Regulator’s functions under or by virtue of this Part (an “Article 67 notice”) [F3, or

(b)a notice issued under Article 67A of that Order (interviews), so far as relevant to the exercise of any of the Regulator’s functions under or by virtue of this Part (an “Article 67A notice”).]

(2) But the Regulator may not issue an escalating penalty notice to a person if—

(a)the person has exercised the right of referral to a tribunal under section 44 of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (as applied by section 17(5)) in respect of a fixed penalty notice issued under section 17 in relation to the Article 67 notice [F4or the Article 67A notice], and

(b)the reference has not been determined.

(3) An escalating penalty notice is a notice requiring the person to whom it is issued to pay an escalating penalty if the person fails to comply with an Article 67 notice [F5or an Article 67A notice].

(4) An escalating penalty is a penalty which is calculated by reference to a daily rate.

(5) The daily rate—

(a)is to be determined in accordance with regulations made by the Department, and

(b)must not exceed £10,000.

(6) An escalating penalty notice must—

(a)specify the failure to which the penalty relates;

(b)state that, if the person fails to comply with the Article 67 notice [F6or the Article 67A notice] before a specified date, the person will be liable to pay an escalating penalty;

(c)state the daily rate of the escalating penalty and the way in which the penalty is calculated;

(d)state the date from which the escalating penalty will be payable, which must not be earlier than the date specified in the fixed penalty notice under section 17(4)(b);

(e)state that the escalating penalty will continue to be payable at the daily rate until the date on which the person complies with the Article 67 notice [F7or the Article 67A notice] or such earlier date as the Regulator may determine;

(f)notify the person to whom the notice is issued of the review process under section 43 of the Pensions (No. 2) Act and the right of referral to a tribunal under section 44 of that Act (as applied by subsection (7)).

(7) The following sections of the Pensions (No. 2) Act apply to an escalating penalty notice under this section as they apply to an escalating penalty notice under section 41 of that Act—

(a)section 42 (penalty notices: recovery);

(b)section 43 (review of penalty notices);

(c)section 44 (references to First-tier Tribunal or Upper Tribunal).

(8) Regulations under this section are subject to negative resolution.

Textual Amendments

F1Word in s. 18 heading inserted (16.3.2022 for specified purposes, 6.4.2022 in so far as not already in operation) by Pension Schemes Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 (c. 6), s. 44(2), Sch. 3 para. 22(2); S.R. 2022/110, art. 2(a)(b)

F2S. 18(1) substituted (16.3.2022 for specified purposes, 6.4.2022 in so far as not already in operation) by Pension Schemes Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 (c. 6), s. 44(2), Sch. 3 para. 22(3)(a); S.R. 2022/110, art. 2(a)(b)

F3S. 18(1)(b) and word inserted (16.3.2022 for specified purposes, 6.4.2022 in so far as not already in operation) by Pension Schemes Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 (c. 6), s. 44(2), Sch. 3 para. 22(3)(b); S.R. 2022/110, art. 2(a)(b)

F4Words in s. 18(2)(a) inserted (16.3.2022 for specified purposes, 6.4.2022 in so far as not already in operation) by Pension Schemes Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 (c. 6), s. 44(2), Sch. 3 para. 22(4); S.R. 2022/110, art. 2(a)(b)

F5Words in s. 18(3) inserted (16.3.2022 for specified purposes, 6.4.2022 in so far as not already in operation) by Pension Schemes Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 (c. 6), s. 44(2), Sch. 3 para. 22(5); S.R. 2022/110, art. 2(a)(b)

F6Words in s. 18(6)(b) inserted (16.3.2022 for specified purposes, 6.4.2022 in so far as not already in operation) by Pension Schemes Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 (c. 6), s. 44(2), Sch. 3 para. 22(6)(a); S.R. 2022/110, art. 2(a)(b)

F7Words in s. 18(6)(e) inserted (16.3.2022 for specified purposes, 6.4.2022 in so far as not already in operation) by Pension Schemes Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 (c. 6), s. 44(2), Sch. 3 para. 22(6)(b); S.R. 2022/110, art. 2(a)(b)

Commencement Information

I1S. 18 in operation at 10.8.2021 for specified purposes, see s. 44(1)(a)(iii)

I2S. 18 transitional provision for commencement by 2021 c. 6 (N.I.), s. 44(1)(a)(b) (11.8.2021) by The Pension Schemes (2021 Act) (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/234), art. 3

I3S. 18 in operation at 16.3.2022 for specified purposes by S.R. 2022/110, art. 2(a)

I4S. 18 in operation at 6.4.2022 in so far as not already in operation by S.R. 2022/110, art. 2(b)

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