Youth Employment Agency Act, 1981

Offences.

23.—(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of this Act or any regulations under it or to any other statute or statutory instrument referred to in this Act, if any person—

(a) fails or refuses to comply with a requirement of this Act or of a regulation under this Act, or,

(b) knowingly makes any false statements or false representation, or knowingly conceals any material fact, in relation to any such requirement, or,

(c) produces or furnishes, or causes or knowingly allows to be produced or furnished, any document or information in relation to any such requirement which he knows to be false in a material particular,

he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £500 or, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.

(2) Where a person fails or refuses to pay, levy payable by him under this Act and regulations under this Act, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £500.

(3) A prosecution for an offence under this Act may be brought at the suit of the Minister, the appropriate health board or the Collector-General.