# The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, Article 6: Removal or suspension of trustees: consequences

Extent: N.I.

(1) A person who purports to act as trustee of a trust scheme while prohibited from being a trustee of the scheme under Article 3 or 3A or suspended in relation to the scheme under Article 4 is guilty of an offence and liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, and
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment or both.
(2) An offence under paragraph (1) may be charged by reference to any day or longer period of time; and a person may be convicted of a second or subsequent offence under that paragraph by reference to any period of time following the preceding conviction of the offence.
(3) Things done by a person purporting to act as trustee of a trust scheme while prohibited from being a trustee of the scheme under Article 3 or 3A or suspended in relation to the scheme under Article 4 are not invalid merely because of that prohibition or suspension.
(4) Nothing in Article 3 , 3A or 4 or this Article affects the liability of any person for things done, or omitted to be done, by him while purporting to act as trustee of a trust scheme.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1995/3213/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-6
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