Section 112Other information offences

(1) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally obstructs or delays a person in the exercise of the power conferred by section 102(7)(a) (copying a document etc).

(2) A person commits an offence if the person fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement under section 106 (interviews).

(3) A person commits an offence if, in purported compliance with a requirement under section 106—

(a)
the person provides information that is false in a material respect, and
(b)
at the time the person provides it, the person knows that it is false in a material respect or is reckless as to whether it is false in a material respect.

(4) If a person is convicted of an offence under this section, the court may, on an application by the prosecutor, make an order requiring the person, within such period as may be specified by the order, to permit the making of a copy of a document, or to comply with a requirement under section 106 (as the case may be).

Annotations

Commencement Information

I1 S. 112 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 240(1)
I2 S. 112 in force at 10.1.2024 by S.I. 2023/1420, reg. 2(z11)

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Text as at 19 September 2026.

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