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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2008/section-45",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2008/section-45.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/30",
  "legislation_title": "Pensions Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2008",
  "path": "section/45",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "45",
  "heading": "Offences of failing to comply",
  "text": "(1) An offence is committed by an employer who wilfully fails to comply with—\n(a) the duty under section 3(2) (automatic enrolment),\n(b) the duty under section 5(2) (automatic re-enrolment), or\n(c) the duty under section 7(3) (jobholder's right to opt in).\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine, or both;\n(b) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/30/section/45",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:04:47.090262+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}