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Change 1
As published
77 Offence of altering etc. records with intent to prevent disclosure.
(1) Where—
(a) a request for information has been made to a public authority, and
(b) under section 1 of this Act ... the applicant would have been entitled (subject to payment of any fee) to communication of any information in accordance with that section,
any person to whom this subsection applies is guilty of an offence if he alters, defaces, blocks, erases, destroys or conceals any record held by the public authority, with the intention of preventing the disclosure by that authority of all, or any part, of the information to the communication of which the applicant would have been entitled.
(2) Subsection (1) applies to the public authority and to any person who is employed by, is an officer of, or is subject to the direction of, the public authority.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(4) No proceedings for an offence under this section shall be instituted—
(a) in England or Wales, except by the Commission or by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions;
(b) in Northern Ireland, except by the Commission or by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.
Your change, as a redline
77 Offence of altering etc. records with intent to prevent disclosure.
(1) Where—
(a) a request for information has been made to a public authority, and
(b) under section 1 of this Act ... the applicant would have been entitled (subject to payment of any fee) to communication of any information in accordance with that section,
any person to whom this subsection applies is guilty of an offence if he alters, defaces, blocks, erases, destroys or conceals any record held by the public authority, with the intention of preventing the disclosure by that authority of all, or any part, of the information to the communication of which the applicant would have been entitled.
(2) Subsection (1) applies to the public authority and to any person who is employed by, is an officer of, or is subject to the direction of, the public authority.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(4) No proceedings for an offence under this section shall be instituted—
(a) in England or Wales, except by the Commission or by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions;
(b) in Northern Ireland, except by the Commission or by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.
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