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PART 8 SPenalties

CHAPTER 4SPenalties relating to investigations

Penalties for failure to comply or obstructionS

195Penalties for failure to comply or obstructionS

(1)This section applies to a person who—

(a)fails to comply with an information notice, or

(b)deliberately obstructs a designated officer or a person authorised by the officer in the course of an inspection or in the exercise of a power that has been approved by the tribunal under section 147.

(2)The person is liable to a penalty of £300.

(3)The reference to a person who fails to comply with an information notice includes a person who conceals, destroys or otherwise disposes of (or arranges for the concealment, destruction or disposal of) a document in breach of section 198 or 199.

Commencement Information

I1S. 195 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.S.I. 2015/110, art. 2(1)