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Version date: 10 December 2010 - onwards
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78. Penalties.

(1) A person guilty of an offence under section 39(17)(e) of the Redundancy Payments Act 1967 as applied to this Act by section 29(7), or 77(1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €5,000.

(2) A person guilty of an offence -

(a) under section 77(2) to (8) and (9)(a),

(b) which consists of contravening any of the relevant statutory provisions by doing otherwise than under the authority of a licence issued by the Authority or, a person prescribed under section 33, something for the doing of which such a licence is necessary under the relevant statutory provisions, or

(c) which consists of contravening a term of or a condition or restriction attached to any such licence as is mentioned in paragraph (b),

is liable -

(i) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €5,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both, or

(ii) on conviction on indictment to a fine not exceeding €3,000,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both.