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The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996
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Power to obtain informationN.I.
235.—(1) Where an application is made to the Department under Article 227 in respect of a debt owed by an employer, the Department may require—
(a)the employer to provide the Department with such information as it may reasonably require for the purpose of determining whether the application is well-founded, and
(b)any person having the custody or control of any relevant records or other documents to produce for examination on behalf of the Department any such document in that person's custody or under his control which is of such a description as the Department may require.
(2) Any such requirement—
(a)shall be made by notice in writing given to the person on whom the requirement is imposed, and
(b)may be varied or revoked by a subsequent notice so given.
(3) If a person refuses or wilfully neglects to furnish any information or produce any document which he has been required to furnish or produce by a notice under this Article he is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(4) If a person, in purporting to comply with a requirement of a notice under this Article, knowingly or recklessly makes any false statement he is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
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