PART 8Penalties

CHAPTER 4Penalties relating to investigations

Penalties for failure to comply or obstruction

195Penalties for failure to comply or obstruction

(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.