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(1)This section applies where an individual fraudulently or negligently—
(a)produces or makes available an incorrect document, or produces an incorrect certificate, in connection with any matter registered in accordance with enhanced lifetime allowance regulations, or
(b)provides false information in connection with any such matter,
and the condition in subsection (2) is met.
(2)The condition is that—
(a)the amount of the individual’s lifetime allowance at the time which is relevant for the purposes of this paragraph, or
(b)the amount of the pension commencement lump sums to which the individual may be entitled at the time which is relevant for the purposes of this paragraph,
would be greater than it actually is were the document or certificate correct or the information true.
(3)The individual is liable to a penalty not exceeding 25% of the relevant excess.
(4)In a case within paragraph (a) of subsection (2), the relevant excess is the difference between what would be the amount of the individual’s lifetime allowance at the time which is relevant for the purposes of that paragraph (were the document or certificate correct or the information true) and whichever is the higher of—
(a)the actual amount of the individual’s lifetime allowance at that time, and
(b)the standard lifetime allowance at that time.
(5)The time which is relevant for the purposes of paragraph (a) of subsection (2)—
(a)where a benefit crystallisation event has occurred in relation to the individual since the document was produced or made available, the certificate produced or the information provided (but before a penalty under this section is imposed), is the time when the benefit crystallisation event occurred, and
(b)otherwise, is the time when the document was produced or made available, the certificate produced or the information provided.
(6)In a case within paragraph (b) of subsection (2), the relevant excess is the difference between—
(a)what would be the amount of the pension commencement lump sums to which the individual may be entitled at the time which is relevant for the purposes of that paragraph (were the document or certificate correct or the information true), and
(b)the actual amount at that time of the pension commencement lump sums to which the individual may be entitled.
(7)The time which is relevant for the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection (2) is the time when the document was produced or made available, the certificate produced or the information provided.
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