Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pts. I-IV modified (6.4.2006) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), ss. 254(3)(c), 322(1) (with s. 313); S.I. 2006/560, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. 3
C2Pts. I-IV: power to modify conferred (6.4.2006) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), ss. 321(1)(d), 322(1); S.I. 2006/560, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. 3
C3Pts. I-IV: power to modify conferred (26.11.2008) by Pensions Act 2008 (c. 30), ss. 146(2)(c), 149(2)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4Pt. IV Ch. I power to apply (with modifications) conferred (1.1.2006) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), ss. 220(2), 322(1) (with s. 313); S.I. 2005/3331, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. 3
C5Pt. IV Ch. I modified (1.8.2006) by The Pension Protection Fund (Pension Sharing) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1690), regs. 1(1), 2
(1)A person subject to liability in respect of a pension credit shall discharge his liability before the end of the implementation period for the credit.
(2)Where the trustees or managers of an occupational pension scheme have not done what is required to discharge their liability in respect of a pension credit before the end of the implementation period for the credit—
(a)they shall, except in such cases as the Secretary of State may prescribe by regulations, notify the Regulatory Authority of that fact within such period as the Secretary of State may so prescribe, and
(b)section 10 of the M1Pensions Act 1995 (power of the Regulatory Authority to impose civil penalties) shall apply to any trustee or manager who has failed to take all such steps as are reasonable to ensure that liability in respect of the credit was discharged before the end of the implementation period for it.
(3)If trustees or managers to whom subsection (2)(a) applies fail to perform the obligation imposed by that provision, section 10 of the M2Pensions Act 1995 shall apply to any trustee or manager who has failed to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the obligation was performed.
(4)On the application of the trustees or managers of an occupational pension scheme who are subject to liability in respect of a pension credit, the Regulatory Authority may extend the implementation period for the credit for the purposes of this section if it is satisfied that the application is made in such circumstances as the Secretary of State may prescribe by regulations.
(5)In this section “the Regulatory Authority” means [F1the Pensions Regulator].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 33 substituted (6.4.2005) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), ss. 7(2)(d), 322(1) (with s. 313); S.I. 2005/275, art. 2(7), Sch. Pt. 7
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C6S. 33 modified (1.4.2008) by The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/576), Sch. 4 para. 5
Commencement Information
I1S. 33 wholly in force at 1.12.2000; s. 33 in force for certain purposes at Royal Assent see s. 89(1); s. 33 in force at 1.12.2000 insofar as not already in force by S.I. 2000/1047, art. 2(2)(d), Sch. Pt. IV
Marginal Citations