The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005

Provision of false or misleading information

Offences of providing false or misleading information

75.—(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) Article 57 (the register: duties of trustees or managers),

(ii) Article 59 (duty of trustees or managers to provide scheme return),

(iii) Article 67 (provision of information), or

(iv) Article 70 (inspection of premises: powers of inspectors),

(b) is provided in applying for registration of a pension scheme under Article 4 of the 1999 Order (register of stakeholder pension schemes), or

(c) is provided otherwise than as mentioned in sub-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 Order or the 1995 Order.

(2) Any person guilty of an offence under paragraph (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.