Part 4

Market Investigations
Chapter 4

Supplementary

Investigation powers

Enforcement of powers under section 174: offences
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1
A person commits an offence if he, intentionally and without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with any requirement of a notice under section 174.
2
A person commits an offence if he intentionally and without reasonable excuse alters, suppresses or destroys any document which he has been required to produce by a notice under section 174.
3
A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) or (2) shall be liable—
a
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
b
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both.
4
A person commits an offence if he intentionally obstructs or delays—
a
the OFT in the exercise of its powers under section 174; or
b
any person in the exercise of his powers under subsection (7) of that section.
5
A person who commits an offence under subsection (4) shall be liable—
a
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
b
on conviction on indictment, to a fine.