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8(1)In section 38 (contribution notices where avoidance of employer debt), at the end insert—E+W+S

(12)Subsection (13) applies if the Regulator is of the opinion that—

(a)a person was a party to a series of acts or failures to act,

(b)each of the acts or failures in the series falls within subsection (5)(b) and (c), and

(c)the material detriment test is met in relation to the series, or the main purpose or one of the main purposes of the series was as mentioned in subsection (5)(a)(i) or (ii).

(13)The series of acts or failures to act is to be regarded as an act or failure to act falling within subsection (5) (and, accordingly, the reference in subsection (6)(b)(i) to the act or failure to act falling with subsection (5) is to the first of the acts or failures to act in the series).

(2)In section 39 (the sum specified in a section 38 contribution notice)—

(a)in subsection (4), after “means” insert “ (subject to subsection (4A) ”; and

(b)after subsection (4) insert—

(4A)In the case of a series of acts or failures to act, “the relevant time” is determined by reference to whichever of the acts or failures in the series is, in the Regulator's opinion, most appropriate.

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I1Sch. 9 para. 8 wholly in force at 29.6.2009; para. 8 in force for certain purposes at Royal Assent see s. 149(3)(a)(iv); para. 8 in force so far as not already in force at 29.6.2009 by S.I. 2009/1566, art. 2(1)(b)(ii)

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