52Power to require employer to arrange advice for purposes of section 51N.I.
(1)The Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland may by regulations specify circumstances in which an employer must arrange or pay for a member of a pension scheme, or a survivor of a member of a pension scheme, to receive appropriate independent advice for the purpose of satisfying a requirement imposed by section 51.
(2)Regulations under subsection (1) may, in particular—
(a)impose limitations on the amount that an employer may be required to pay;
(b)prohibit an employer from seeking in any way to recover, from a member or survivor, costs incurred by the employer in complying with the regulations;
(c)provide for Article 10 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22)) (civil penalties) to apply to a failure by an employer to comply with the regulations.
(3)In this section “employer” has the meaning given by regulations made by the Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland.
Commencement Information
I1S. 52 wholly in force; s. 52 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes; s. 52 in force in so far as not already in force at 6.4.2015 see s. 89(1)(b)(3)(b)