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Chapter 6
Miscellaneous
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Offences under Part 14
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275. (1) A person shall be guilty of an offence if he or she—
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(a) obstructs or impedes the Chief Inspector or a member of staff of the Chief Inspector in the course of exercising a power conferred on him or her by this Part,
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(b) fails or refuses to comply with a requirement of the Chief Inspector or a member of staff of the Chief Inspector under this Part,
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(c) alters, suppresses or destroys any documents, records, statements or other information which the person concerned has been required by the Chief Inspector or a member of staff of the Chief Inspector to produce, or may reasonably expect to be so required to produce,
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(d) in purported compliance with a requirement under this section, gives to the Chief Inspector or a member of staff of the Chief Inspector information, documents or records which the person knows to be false or misleading in a material respect,
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(e) falsely represents himself or herself to be the Chief Inspector or a member of staff of the Chief Inspector, or
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(f) procures or attempts to procure any action referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e).
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(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—
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(a) on summary conviction, to a class A fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both, or
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(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding €100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, or both.
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