{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2008/section-51",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2008/section-51.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/30",
  "legislation_title": "Pensions Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2008",
  "path": "section/51",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Compliance notices",
  "text": "(1) The Regulator may issue a compliance notice to an employer if the Regulator is of the opinion that the employer has contravened section 50.\n(2) A compliance notice is a notice directing the employer to take, or refrain from taking, the steps specified in the notice in order to—\n(a) remedy the contravention, or\n(b) prevent the contravention being repeated.\n(3) A compliance notice may, in particular—\n(a) state the period within which any step must be taken or must cease to be taken;\n(b) require the employer to provide within a specified period specified information relating to the contravention;\n(c) require the employer to inform the Regulator, within a specified period, how the employer has complied or is complying with the notice;\n(d) state that, if the employer fails to comply with the requirements of the notice, the Regulator may issue a penalty notice under section 52.\n(4) A compliance notice must specify the contravention to which the notice relates.",
  "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/51",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:33.323762+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."
  }
}