# Houses in Multiple Occupation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Section 75: Failure to provide information or provision of false information


(1) A person commits an offence if the person—
(a) refuses or fails to provide information as required under section 71 or 73 or to provide a document as required under section 72, and
(b) does not have a reasonable excuse for that refusal or failure.
(2) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person provides information in response to a notice under section 71 or 73 or a request under section 74,
(b) the information is false or misleading in a material particular, and
(c) the person knows that it is, or is reckless as to whether it is, false or misleading.
(3) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally alters, suppresses or destroys any document that the person has been required to produce by a notice under section 72.
(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/22/section/75 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/houses-in-multiple-occupation-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-75
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