Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35)

Part 1 U.K. The Pensions Regulator

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 1 applied in part (with modifications) (20.7.2005 for specified purposes, 1.9.2005 for specified purposes, 5.12.2005 for specified purposes) by The Financial Assistance Scheme Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1986), regs. 1(1), 4, Sch. 1 Pt. 1 (as amended (17.7.2008) by The Financial Assistance Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1903), regs. 1, 5(2), 13; (10.7.2009) by The Financial Assistance Scheme (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1851), regs. 1, 5, 18; (2.4.2010) by The Financial Assistance Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1149), regs. 1, 5, 15)

Gathering information E+W+S

72 Provision of information E+W+S

(1) The Regulator may, by notice in writing, require any person to whom subsection (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.

F1 (1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2 (1B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) This subsection applies to—

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

[F3 (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 subsection (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.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 72(1A) omitted (1.10.2021) by virtue of Pension Schemes Act 2021 (c. 1), ss. 110(3), 131(1); S.I. 2021/950, reg. 2(5)(b) (with reg. 9)

F2 S. 72(1B) omitted (1.10.2021) by virtue of Pension Schemes Act 2021 (c. 1), ss. 110(3), 131(1); S.I. 2021/950, reg. 2(5)(b) (with reg. 9)

F3 S. 72(2)(aa) inserted (1.4.2015) by Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (c. 25), s. 41(2), Sch. 4 para. 9 (with Sch. 11 para. 8); S.I. 2015/4, art. 4(1)(b)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 72 in force at 6.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/275, art. 2(7), Sch. Pt. 7