# Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, Paragraph 23

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

After section 116 insert—
“Intentional destruction etc of documents
116A (1) A person (“P”) commits an offence if the person intentionally alters, suppresses or destroys any document which P has been required to produce by a notice under section 109.
(2) But P does not commit an offence under subsection (1) by reason of any act or omission if the CMA has proceeded against P under section 110(1) or (1A) in relation to that act or omission.
(3) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both.
(4) In this section—
(a) the reference to the production of a document includes a reference to the production of a legible and intelligible copy of information recorded otherwise than in legible form;
(b) the reference to suppressing a document includes a reference to destroying the means of reproducing information recorded otherwise than in legible form.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/13/schedule/10/paragraph/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/digital-markets-competition-and-consumers-act-2024/schedule-10/paragraph-23
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