Commentary on Sections PART 1 – Pension Scheme Membership for Jobholders CHAPTER 4 – Supplementary provision about compliance and information-sharing Section 62: Penalty for disclosure
Section 62 increases the maximum sentence on summary conviction for officials, contractors or any other people who directly or indirectly receive restricted information from the Pensions Regulator and who disclose such information without authorisation. Such unauthorised disclosure is already a criminal offence under Article 77 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005. This section makes anyone who is convicted of this offence liable, on summary conviction, to a prison term of up to six months and/or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.