Equal Status Act 2000

Obstruction of F80 [ Director of the Workplace Relations Commission ], etc.

37

37.—(1) A person who—

( a) obstructs or impedes the F80 [ Director of the Workplace Relations Commission ] or an F80 [ adjudication officer ] in the exercise of powers under this Part, or

( b) fails to comply with a requirement of the F80 [ Director of the Workplace Relations Commission ] or an F80 [ adjudication officer ] given under this Part,

shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) A reference in subsection (1) to an F80 [ adjudication officer ] includes a reference to a person authorised as described in the definition of “designated officer” in section 33(1) .

Annotations

Amendments:

F80

Substituted (1.10.2015) by Workplace Relations Act 2015 (16/2015), s. 84(1)(b), (e)(i), S.I. No. 410 of 2015, subject to transitional provision in subs. (2).