Commentary on Sections New powers in respect of occupational and personal pension schemes Section 17: Power of the Regulator to recover unpaid contributions
69.This section enables the Regulator, on behalf of the trustees or managers of an occupational or personal pensions scheme, to use any power that the trustees or managers would have had to recover employer contributions (within the meaning of subsection (3)) due to a scheme. In the case of personal pension schemes, if the trustees or manages do not have powers under the scheme to recover unpaid employer contributions, subsection (2) ensures the Regulator may still recover those contributions as if they were owed on a debt to the trustees or managers.