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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 No. 255
233.—(1) No amount may be paid out of the assets of an occupational or personal pension scheme for the purpose of reimbursing, or providing for the reimbursement of, any trustee or manager of the scheme in respect of—
(a)a fine imposed by way of penalty for an offence of which he is convicted, or
(b)a penalty which he is required to pay under or by virtue of Article 10 of the 1995 Order or section 164(4) of the Pension Schemes Act (civil penalties).
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), providing for the reimbursement of a trustee or manager in respect of a fine or penalty includes (among other things) providing for the payment of premiums in respect of a policy of insurance where the risk is or includes the imposition of such a fine or the requirement to pay such a penalty.
(3) Where any amount is paid out of the assets of an occupational or personal pension scheme in contravention of this Article, Article 10 of the 1995 Order Order (civil penalties) applies to any trustee or manager who fails to take all reasonable steps to secure compliance.
(4) Where a trustee or manager of an occupational or personal pension scheme—
(a)is reimbursed, out of the assets of the scheme or in consequence of provision for his reimbursement made out of those assets, in respect of any of the matters mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) or (b), and
(b)knows, or has reasonable grounds to believe, that he has been reimbursed as mentioned in sub-paragraph (a),
then, unless he has taken all reasonable steps to secure that he is not so reimbursed, he is guilty of an offence.
(5) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (4) is liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, and
(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.
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