Communications Regulation Act 2002
F54 [ Offence to make false disclosure.
24C. — F55 [ (1) ] A person who makes a disclosure of information about the conduct of F56 [ an undertaking, an associate of an undertaking, an association of undertakings or a postal service provider ] , knowing the information to be false or misleading commits an offence and is liable —
( a ) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding € 50,000, or
( b ) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding € 5,000. ]
F55 [ (2) Subsection (1) does not apply where the disclosure is a protected disclosure within the meaning of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014. ]
Annotations
Amendments:
F54
Inserted (15.05.2007) by Communications Regulation (Amendment) Act 2007 (22/2007), s. 7, S.I. No. 224 of 2007.
F55
Inserted (15.07.2014) by Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (14/2014), s. 24(1) and sch. 4 part 1, item 5, S.I. No. 327 of 2014.
F56
Substituted (2.08.2011) by Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011 (21/2011), s. 45(3), commenced on enactment.