PART IIN.I.THE PENSIONS REGULATOR

Gathering informationN.I.

Provision of informationN.I.

67.—(1) The Regulator may, by notice in writing, require any person to whom paragraph (2) applies to produce any document, or provide any other information, which is—

(a)of a description specified in the notice, and

(b)relevant to the exercise of the Regulator's functions.

F1F2(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3(1B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) This paragraph applies to—

(a)a trustee or manager of an occupational or personal pension scheme,

[F4(aa)a member of the pension board of a public service pension scheme,]

(b)a professional adviser in relation to an occupational pension scheme,

(c)the employer in relation to—

(i)an occupational pension scheme, or

(ii)a personal pension scheme where direct payment arrangements exist in respect of one or more members of the scheme who are employees, and

(d)any other person appearing to the Regulator to be a person who holds, or is likely to hold, information relevant to the exercise of the Regulator's functions.

(3) Where the production of a document, or the provision of information, is required by a notice given under paragraph (1), the document must be produced, or information must be provided, in such a manner, at such a place and within such a period as may be specified in the notice.

F2Words in art. 67(1A) inserted (10.8.2021 for specified purposes, 16.3.2022 for specified purposes, 6.4.2022 in so far as not already in operation) by Pension Schemes Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 (c. 6), s. 44(1)(a)(v), Sch. 3 para. 9 (with transitional provisions in S.R. 2021/234, art. 3); S.R. 2022/110, art. 2(a)(b)