Article 96A OffencesF1
Northern Ireland
This Article applies in respect of proceedings before a tribunal in relation to a decision of the Regulator.
A person is guilty of an offence if that person, without reasonable excuse, refuses or fails—
to attend following the issue of a summons by the tribunal, or
to give evidence.
A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (2) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
A person is guilty of an offence if that person, without reasonable excuse—
alters, suppresses, conceals or destroys a document which that person is or is liable to be required to produce for the purposes of proceedings before the tribunal, or
refuses to produce a document when so required.
A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (4) is liable—
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine or both.
In this Article “ document ” includes information recorded in any form and, in relation to information recorded otherwise than in a legible form, references to its production include references to producing a copy of the information in a legible form, or in a form from which it can readily be produced in a legible form.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Art. 96A inserted (6.4.2010) by Pensions Regulator Tribunal (Transfer of Functions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 4), ss. 3(1), 5(2), Sch. 1 para. 17 (with transitional and saving in Sch. 2); S.R. 2010/101, art. 2
Notes on References to a tribunal
Textual amendments
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Art. 97 preceding cross-heading substituted (6.4.2010) by Pensions Regulator Tribunal (Transfer of Functions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 4), ss. 3(1), 5(2), Sch. 1 para. 16 (with transitional and saving in Sch. 2); S.R. 2010/101, art. 2