Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Act 2024 section 122

Powers of authorised officers

Section 122 sets out the powers of authorised officers to enter workplaces, inspect records, require information and assistance, and creates offences for obstruction or non-cooperation.

• Authorised officers may enter places of work, inspect and copy books, records and documents (including those in non-legible form), remove them if reasonably necessary, and require persons present to provide information and assistance.
• Authorised officers may be accompanied by other authorised officers or members of the Garda Síochána, but may not enter a dwelling without the occupier's consent or a District Court warrant.
• It is an offence to obstruct or interfere with an authorised officer, or to fail to comply with a requirement, or to give false or misleading information.
• Any statement or admission made by a person in response to a requirement under this section is not admissible as evidence in proceedings against that person, other than for an offence of obstruction or giving false information.