Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978

107 Supplementary provisions relating to applications under s. 106. E+W+S

(1) Where an employee makes an application to the Secretary of State under section 106, the Secretary of State may, by notice in writing given to the employer, require the employer to provide the Secretary of State with such information, and to produce for examination on behalf of the Secretary of State documents in his custody or under his control of such descriptions, as the Secretary of State may reasonably require for the purpose of determining whether the application is well-founded.

(2) If any person on whom a notice is served under this section fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement imposed by the notice, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F1 level 3 on the standard scale].

(3) Any person who—

(a) in providing any information required by a notice under this section, makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular, or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular, or

(b) produces for examination in accordance with any such notice a document which to his knowledge has been wilfully falsified,

shall be guilty of an offence under this subsection.

(4) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (3) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the prescribed sum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or both, or on conviction on indictment to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or both.

(5) In subsection (4) above “the prescribed sum” means—

(a) in England and Wales, the prescribed sum within the meaning of [F2 section 32 of the M1 Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980] (that is to say, £1,000 or another sum fixed by order under [F2 section 143 of that Act] to take account of changes in the value of money);

(b) in Scotland, the prescribed sum within the meaning of section 289B of the M2 Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (that is to say, £1,000 or another sum fixed by an order made under section 289D of that Act for that purpose).

Textual Amendments

F1 Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46 and Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G (as inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 54)

F2 Words substituted by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82), Sch. 7 para. 175

Marginal Citations

M1 1980 c. 43.

M2 1975 c. 21.