Pensions Act 2004

72 Provision of information E+W+S

(1) The Regulator may, by notice in writing, require any person to whom subsection (2) applies to produce any document, or provide any other information, which is—

(a) of a description specified in the notice, and

(b) relevant to the exercise of the Regulator’s functions.

[F1 (1A) If the Regulator requires information which is relevant to the exercise of its functions under [F2 or by virtue of Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2008], the Regulator may, by notice in writing, require a person to whom subsection (2) applies—

(a) to furnish the Regulator with an explanation of any document or information required under subsection (1);

(b) to attend before the Regulator at such time and place as may be specified in the notice under that subsection to furnish any such explanation.

(1B) The Regulator may not require a person to answer any question or furnish any information which might incriminate the person or, if that person is married or a civil partner, the person's spouse or civil partner.]

(2) This subsection applies to—

(a) a trustee or manager of an occupational or personal pension scheme,

(b) a professional adviser in relation to an occupational pension scheme,

(c) the employer in relation to—

(i) an occupational pension scheme, or

(ii) a personal pension scheme where direct payment arrangements exist in respect of one or more members of the scheme who are employees, and

(d) any other person appearing to the Regulator to be a person who holds, or is likely to hold, information relevant to the exercise of the Regulator’s functions.

(3) Where the production of a document, or the provision of information, is required by a notice given under subsection (1), the document must be produced, or information must be provided, in such a manner, at such a place and within such a period as may be specified in the notice.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 72(1A)(1B) inserted (30.6.2012) by Pensions Act 2008 (c. 30), ss. 61(2), 149(1); S.I. 2012/1682, art. 2, Sch. 2

F2 Words in s. 72(1A) substituted (14.7.2014) by Pensions Act 2014 (c. 19), ss. 41(2), 56(3)(c)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 72 in force at 6.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/275, art. 2(7), Sch. Pt. 7