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Changes over time for: Section 102A


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Pensions Act 2004, Section 102A is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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(1)This section applies in respect of proceedings before a tribunal in relation to a decision of the Regulator.
(2)A person is guilty of an offence if that person, without reasonable excuse, refuses or fails—
(a)to attend following the issue of a summons by the tribunal; or
(b)to give evidence.
(3)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(4)A person is guilty of an offence if that person, without reasonable excuse—
(a)alters, suppresses, conceals or destroys a document which that person is or is liable to be required to produce for the purposes of proceedings before the tribunal; or
(b)refuses to produce a document when so required.
(5)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (4) is liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine or both.
(6)In this section “document” includes information recorded in any form and, in relation to information recorded otherwise than in a legible form, references to its production include references to producing a copy of the information in a legible form, or in a form from which it can readily be produced in a legible form.]
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