Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1976

Amendment of section 44 of Act of 1952.

2.—Section 44 of the Act of 1952, which relates to appeals and references to appeals officers under that Act, is hereby amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (9):

“(9) A person to whom a notice under subsection (7) of this section has been given and who refuses or wilfully neglects to attend in accordance with the notice or who, having so attended, refuses to give evidence or refuses or wilfully fails to produce any document to which the notice relates shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £100.”.