Control of Exports Act 2023

PART 7

Offences and Penalties

Obstruction

69. A person shall be guilty of an offence if he or she—

(a) obstructs or interferes with an authorised officer or a member of the Garda Síochána in the course of exercising a power conferred on the officer or member concerned by this Act or a warrant under section 59 or impedes the exercise by the authorised officer or member, as the case may be, of such power,

(b) fails or refuses to comply with a requirement of an authorised officer under a requirement under paragraph (c), (d), (l), (m) or (n) of section 58 (1), paragraph (b), (c) or (i) of section 58 (2), or section 58 (3)(b), or in purported compliance with such requirement gives information or makes a declaration to the authorised officer or member that he or she knows to be false or misleading in any material respect, or

(c) fails or refuses to comply with a direction of an authorised officer under section 58 (1)(f).