28 Section 27: consequences.E+W+S
(1)Any person who acts as an auditor or actuary of a trust scheme in contravention of section 27(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 imprisonment or a fine, or both.
(2)An offence under subsection (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 subsection by reference to any period of time following the preceding conviction of the offence.
(3)Acts done as an auditor or actuary of a trust scheme by a person who is ineligible under section 27 to do so are not invalid merely because of that fact.
F1(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1S. 28(4) repealed (6.4.2005) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), s. 322(1), Sch. 12 para. 44, Sch. 13; S.I. 2005/695, art. 2(7), Sch. 1
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 27-30 applied (with modifications) (11.11.1999 for specified purposes, 1.10.2000 in so far as not already in force) by Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), s. 89(5)(a), Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(2)(b)(ii); S.I. 2000/1047, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 3 (as amended (9.12.2005) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), s. 322(1), Sch. 12 para. 76(2)(b); S.I. 2005/3331, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. 2)
Commencement Information
I1S. 28 in force at 6.4.1997 by S.I. 1997/664, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. 3