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PART 4
Offences
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Offences relating to assignment of individual health identifiers
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21. (1) A person shall be guilty of an offence if, for the purposes of the assigning of an individual health identifier to him or her or to another person—
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(a) he or she makes a statement or representation, whether orally or in writing, that is false or misleading in a material particular, knowing the statement or representation, as the case may be, to be so false or misleading or being reckless as to whether it is so false or misleading,
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(b) he or she conceals a material fact, or
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(c) he or she gives, or causes or knowingly allows to be given, any information, in purported compliance with a provision of this Act, that is false or misleading in a material particular, knowing the information to be so false or misleading or being reckless as to whether it is so false or misleading.
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(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable—
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(a) on summary conviction, to a class B fine, or
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(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding €100,000.
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