# Disability Rights Commission Act 1999(repealed), Paragraph 24

Extent: E+W+S

(1) A person who—
(a) deliberately alters, suppresses, conceals or destroys a document to which a notice under paragraph 4 or 21, or an order under paragraph 5 or 21(3), relates; or
(b) in complying with—
(i) a notice under paragraph 4 or 21;
(ii) a non-discrimination notice;
(iii) an agreement under section 5; or
(iv) an order of a court under section 5(8) or under any provision of this Schedule,
makes any statement which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular or recklessly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular,
is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(2) Proceedings for an offence under this paragraph may (without prejudice to any jurisdiction exercisable apart from this sub-paragraph) be instituted—
(a) against any person at any place at which he has an office or other place of business;
(b) against an individual at any place where he resides, or at which he is for the time being.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/17/schedule/3/paragraph/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/disability-rights-commission-act-1999repealed/schedule-3/paragraph-24
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