Safety, Health and Welfare (Offshore Installations) Act, 1987

Forgery of certificates, etc.

44.—If any person—

(a) with intent to deceive forges, counterfeits or uses any certificate required by, under or for the purposes of this Act or regulations made thereunder or has in his possession a document so closely resembling any such certificate as to be calculated to deceive,

(b) gives or signs any such certificate knowing it to be false in a material particular,

(c) knowingly utters or makes use of any such certificate so forged, counterfeited or false as aforesaid,

(d) knowingly utters or makes use of as applying to any person or offshore installation any such certificate which does not so apply,

(e) personates any person named in any such certificate,

(f) falsely pretends to be an inspector,

(g) wilfully connives at any such forging, counterfeiting, giving, signing, uttering, making use, personating or pretending,

(h) wilfully makes a false entry in any installation logbook or in any register, notice, certificate or other document required by, or for the purposes of, this Act, regulations made thereunder, or a condition subject to which an exemption is allowed pursuant to a regulation made under section 5 (2) (d) of this Act, to be made, kept, served, given or sent,

(i) wilfully makes or signs an entry or declaration which is false and which is required to be made by or under this Act,

(j) knowingly makes use of any such false entry or declaration,

he shall, without prejudice to any other offence, be guilty of an offence under this section.