S.L. 458.64 Art. 22Offences and punishments. 19

Any person who:

(a) assaults, hinders, obstructs, molests or interferes, or attempts to assault, hinder, obstruct, resist or wilfully obstructs any authorised official of the Medicines Authority, in the execution of their duties in accordance with these regulations;

(b) refuses or fails to comply with any order or direction lawfully made or given under these regulations;

(c) without reasonable cause fails to:

(i) provide the requested information to an authorised official of the Medicines Authority; or

(ii) produce anything required to be produced in accordance with these regulations;

(d) fails to allow a search or inspection in accordance with these regulations;

(e) prevents or attempts to prevent another person from complying with any orders or directions or from answering any questions, or producing anything or allowing a search or inspection; or

(f) for the purpose of obtaining any licence or permit, or for the purported compliance with any requirement to provide any information under these regulations, provides information which he knows to be false in a material fact or recklessly provides information which is false in a material fact, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction, to a fine (multa) of not less than one thousand euro (€1,000), but not exceeding ten thousand euro (€10,000).