{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-northern-ireland-order-2005/article-215G",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-northern-ireland-order-2005/article-215G.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/2005/255",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-northern-ireland-order-2005",
  "path": "article/215G",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "215G",
  "heading": "Compliance",
  "text": "(1) Regulations may make provision with a view to securing that the trustees or managers of a relevant occupational pension scheme comply with a provision of regulations under Article 215D.\n(2) The regulations may, among other things—\n(a) provide for the Regulator to issue a notice (a “compliance notice”) to a person with a view to ensuring the person’s compliance with a provision of regulations under Article 215D;\n(b) provide for the Regulator to issue a notice (a “third party compliance notice”) to a person with a view to ensuring another person’s compliance with a provision of the regulations;\n(c) provide for the Regulator to issue a notice (a “penalty notice”) imposing a penalty on a person where the Regulator is of the opinion that the person—\n(i) has failed to comply with a compliance notice or third party compliance notice, or\n(ii) has contravened a provision of regulations under Article 215D;\n(d) provide for the making of a reference to the First-tier Tribunal or Upper Tribunal in respect of the issue of a penalty notice or the amount of a penalty;\n(e) confer other functions on the Regulator.\n(3) The regulations may make provision for determining the amount, or the maximum amount, of a penalty in respect of a failure or contravention.\n(4) But the amount of a penalty imposed under the regulations in respect of a failure or contravention must not exceed—\n(a) £5,000, in the case of an individual, and\n(b) £50,000, in any other case.\n(5) In this Article “relevant occupational pension scheme” has the meaning given by Article 215F.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 215D-215G inserted (11.2.2021 for specified purposes, 31.10.2022 in so far as not already in operation) by Pension Schemes Act 2021 (c. 1), s. 131(2)(c)(3)(a), Sch. 9 para. 3; S.R. 2022/291, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2005/255/article/215G",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:39:49.445550+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}