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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Penalties) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 3rd April 2000.
(2) In these Regulations—
 “the Audited Accounts Regulations” means the Occupational Pension Schemes (Requirement to obtain Audited Accounts and a Statement from the Auditor) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997;
 “the Register Regulations” means the Register of Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997.
(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
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In regulation 2 of the Audited Accounts Regulations (requirement of trustees or managers to obtain documents) for paragraph (3) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—“
(3) Where the trustees or managers of a scheme have failed without reasonable excuse to take all such steps as are necessary to secure compliance with either the requirement to obtain accounts audited by the auditor of the scheme or the requirement to obtain an auditor’s statement about contributions to the scheme in accordance with paragraph (1)(a) or (b), they shall be liable to pay to the Authority, within 28 days from the date of its imposition, a penalty not exceeding—
(a) £5,000 in the case of an individual; and
(b) £50,000 in any other case.
(4) Article 3 of the Order shall apply to a trustee of a scheme in respect of any failure by that trustee to comply with the requirements of paragraph (1)(a) or (b).”.
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Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 21st March 2000.
John O'Neill
Senior Officer of the
Department for Social Development
