[2014.] Freedom of Information Act 2014. [No. 30.]PT.7 S.49 (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 1 OJ No. L 176, 20.06.2013, p.1 75

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