# Equality (Disability, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 2000, Paragraph 24


(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 Article 7; or
(iv) an order of a court under Article 7(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 anindividual at anyplace where he resides, or at whichhe is for the time being.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2000/0110989198/schedule/1/paragraph/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-equality-disability-etc-northern-ireland-order-2000/schedule-1/paragraph-24
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