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Version Superseded: 01/10/2021

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80Offences of providing false or misleading informationE+W+S

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(1)Any person who knowingly or recklessly provides the Regulator with information which is false or misleading in a material particular is guilty of an offence if the information—

(a)is provided in purported compliance with a requirement under—

(i)section 62 (the register: duties of trustees or managers),

(ii)section 64 (duty of trustees or managers to provide scheme return),

(iii)section 72 (provision of information), F1...

(iv)section 75 (inspection of premises: powers of inspectors), [F2[F3or]

[F4(iva)regulations under section 221B(8)(d) (duty of trustees or managers to provide statement of strategy), or]

regulations under section 11 of the Pensions Act 2008,]

(b)is provided in applying for registration of a pension scheme under section 2 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30) (registration of stakeholder pension schemes), or

(c)is provided otherwise than as mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) but in circumstances in which the person providing the information intends, or could reasonably be expected to know, that it would be used by the Regulator for the purpose of exercising its functions under this Act or the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26).

(2)Any person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable—

(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;

(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both.

Textual Amendments

F1Word in s. 80(1)(a)(iii) repealed (30.6.2012) by Pensions Act 2008 (c. 30), ss. 48(b), 149(1), Sch. 11 Pt. 1; S.I. 2012/1682, art. 2, Sch. 2

F2S. 80(1)(a)(v) and word inserted (30.6.2012) by Pensions Act 2008 (c. 30), ss. 48(a), 149(1); S.I. 2012/1682, art. 2, Sch. 2

F3Word in s. 80(1)(a)(iv) omitted (11.2.2021 for specified purposes) by virtue of Pension Schemes Act 2021 (c. 1), s. 131(1)(3)(b), Sch. 10 para. 10(a)

Commencement Information

I1S. 80 in force at 6.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/275, art. 2(7), Sch. Pt. 7

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