Rebecca Moynihan (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 5:

In page 14, to delete lines 32 to 38 and in page 15 to delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute the following: “(3) (a) A person who knowingly or recklessly makes a declaration referred to in paragraph (a)of subsection (1)that is false or misleading in any material respect shall be guilty of an offence.

(b) For the purposes of this subsection, the making of a declaration that is false or misleading in a material respect includes a failure to disclose in that declaration information that a reasonable person would consider to be material to the question with regard to whether or not—

(i) the maker of the declaration is a relevant person, or

(ii) as a consequence of his or her being a relevant person, there is a significant risk that the tenancy of the dwelling concerned will be terminated by the landlord.

(c) A failure of a person, through inadvertence, to comply with the requirements of this section in relation to the making of a declaration does not of itself invalidate the declaration, unless the failure relates to the disclosure or non-disclosure of information that a reasonable person would consider to be material to the question referred to in paragraph (b).”.