SCHEDULES
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.