SCHEDULE 17Automatic transfer of pension benefits etc
Part 1Automatic transfer of pension benefits
Compliance
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(1)
The regulations may make provision with a view to ensuring compliance with any provision of the regulations.
(2)
For this purpose the regulations may in particular—
(a)
provide for the Regulator to issue a notice (a “compliance notice”) to a person with a view to ensuring the person's compliance with a provision of the regulations;
(b)
provide for the Regulator to issue a notice (a “third party compliance notice”) to a person with a view to ensuring another person's compliance with a provision of the regulations;
(c)
provide for the Regulator to issue a notice (a “penalty notice”) imposing a penalty on a person where the Regulator is of the opinion that the person has failed to comply with a compliance notice or third party compliance notice or has contravened a provision of the regulations;
(d)
provide for the making of a reference to the First-tier Tribunal or Upper Tribunal in respect of the issue of a penalty notice or the amount of a penalty;
(e)
confer other functions on the Regulator.
(3)
The regulations may make provision for determining the amount, or the maximum amount, of a penalty in respect of a failure or contravention.
(4)
But the amount of a penalty imposed under the regulations in respect of a failure or contravention must not exceed—
(a)
£5,000, in the case of an individual, and
(b)
£50,000, in any other case.