Equal Status Act 2000

Obstruction of F82[Director of the Workplace Relations Commission], etc.

37

37.—(1) A person who—

(a) obstructs or impedes the F82[Director of the Workplace Relations Commission] or an F82[adjudication officer] in the exercise of powers under this Part, or

(b) fails to comply with a requirement of the F82[Director of the Workplace Relations Commission] or an F82[adjudication officer] given under this Part,

shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) A reference in subsection (1) to an F82[adjudication officer] includes a reference to a person authorised as described in the definition of “designated officer” in section 33(1).

Annotations

Amendments:

F82

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).