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(ii) any sound recording, film or broadcast,
(iii) the typographical arrangement of a published edition, or
(iv) an original database,
contained in the record concerned.
(7) A word or expression that is used in subsection (5) or (6) and is also used in the
Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 has in those subsections the same meaning as
in that Act.
Amendment of Central Bank Act 1942
50.
Section 33AK(5) of the Central Bank Act 1942 is amended by substituting for paragraph
(as) the following:
“(as) for the purposes of contractual or institutional protection schemes
as referred to in Article 113(7) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of
the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 20131, or
(at) to the Information Commissioner that is required for the
performance of that Commissioner’s functions under the Freedom
of Information Act 2014.”.
Amendment of Official Secrets Act 1963
51. (1) A person who is, or reasonably believes that he or she is, authorised by this Act to
communicate official information to another person shall be deemed for the purposes
of section 4 of the Official Secrets Act 1963 to be duly authorised to communicate
that information.
(2) In a prosecution for an offence under section 5 or 9 of that Act, it shall be a defence to
prove that the act to which the charge of the offence relates is authorised, or is
reasonably believed by the person charged to be authorised, by this Act.
Offence and penalty
52.
Where an FOI request has been made in respect of a record, a person who without lawful
excuse and with intention to deceive destroys or materially alters a record shall be guilty
of an offence and be liable on summary conviction to a class B fine.
Proceedings for offences
53. (1) Notwithstanding section 10(4) of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851, proceedings
for an offence under this Act may be instituted at any time within 12 months from the
date of the offence or, if later, 12 months from the date on which evidence that, in the
opinion of the person by whom the proceedings are brought, is sufficient to justify the
bringing of the proceedings comes to that person’s knowledge.
(2) Where an offence under this Act is committed by a body corporate or by a person
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