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Section 6 Offences.

Northern Ireland

(1)

Any person who acts in contravention of any provision of an order made under section 5 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceedingF1 level 5 on the standard scale.

(2)

Any person who being required by an order made under section 5 to produce any record or make any return produces or makes any record or return which to his knowledge is false in a material particular, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, without prejudice to the provisions of [F2 Article 10 of the Perjury (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 1979 NI 19], be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both such imprisonment and such fine.

(3)

Any person who knowingly discloses any information in contravention of section 5(4) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both such imprisonment and such fine.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

1984 NI 3

F2

1979 NI 19

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1

Act repealed (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 3(1)(a), 6, 7(1), Sch. 3 (with s. 3(2), Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(c)(e)