PART 5PENALTIES

CHAPTER 5PENALTIES RELATING TO INVESTIGATIONS

Penalties for failure to comply or obstruction

146Penalty for failure to comply with information notice or obstruction

(1)

This section applies to a person who—

(a)

fails to comply with an information notice,

(b)

deliberately obstructs WRA in the course of an inspection, or in the exercise of a power, that has been approved by the tribunal under section 108,

(c)

deliberately obstructs WRA in the exercise of its power under section 113(3), or

(d)

fails to comply within a reasonable time with a requirement under section 113(5).

(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 114 or 115.