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10.—(1) Where the Authority are satisfied that by reason of any act or omission this Article applies to any person, they may by notice in writing require him to pay, within a prescribed period, a penalty in respect of that act or omission not exceeding the maximum amount.
(2) In this Article, “the maximum amount” means—
(a)£5,000 in the case of an individual and £50,000 in any other case, or
(b)such lower amount as may be prescribed in the case of an individual or in any other case,
and the Department may by order amend sub-paragraph (a) by substituting higher amounts for the amounts for the time being specified in that sub-paragraph.
(3) Regulations made by virtue of this Part may provide for any person who has contravened any provision of such regulations to pay, within a prescribed period, a penalty under this Article not exceeding an amount specified in the regulations; and the regulations must specify different amounts in the case of individuals from those specified in other cases and any amount so specified may not exceed the amount for the time being specified in the case of individuals or, as the case may be, others in paragraph (2)(a).
(4) An order made under paragraph (2) or regulations made by virtue of paragraph (3) do not affect the amount of any penalty recoverable under this Article by reason of an act or omission occurring before the order or, as the case may be, regulations are made.
(5) Where—
(a)apart from this paragraph, a penalty under this Article is recoverable from a body corporate by reason of any act or omission of the bodyF1. . . , and
(b)the act or omission was done with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to any neglect on the part of, any persons mentioned in paragraph (6),
this Article applies to each of those persons who consented to or connived in the act or omission or to whose neglect the act or omission was attributable.
(6) The persons referred to in paragraph (5)(b) are—
(a)any director, manager, secretary, or other similar officer of the body corporate, or a person purporting to act in any such capacity, and
(b)where the affairs of the body corporate are managed by its members, any member in connection with his functions of management.
(7) Where the Authority requires any person to pay a penalty by virtue of paragraph (5), they may not also require the body corporate in question to pay a penalty in respect of the same act or omission.
(8) A penalty under this Article is recoverable by the Authority.
[F2(8A) Any penalty recoverable under this Article shall, if a county court so orders, be enforceable as if it were payable under an order of that court.]
(9) The Authority must pay to the Department any penalty recovered under this Article.
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C1Art. 10 applied (6.4.2007) by Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1)), arts. 1(2), 137(8), 141(8), 210A(7); S.R. 2006/352, art. 2(5), Sch. Pt. 2
C2Art. 10 power to apply conferred (15.12.2008) by Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 13), ss. 59(2), 118(2)(j) (with s. 73)
C3Art. 10 applied by S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1), art. 35A(7) (as inserted (15.12.2008) by Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 13), ss. 103, 118(3)(a)(v), Sch. 8 para. 9)
C4Art. 10 applied by S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1), art. 39A(4) (as inserted (15.12.2008) by Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 13), ss. 103, 118(3)(a)(v), Sch. 8 para. 10)
C5Art. 10 applied by 1993 c. 49, s. 20H(5) (as inserted (3.3.2009 for certain purposes otherwise 6.4.2009) by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 1), ss. 12(3), 21(1)(a)); S.R. 2009/75, art. 2
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