Paragraph 3

United Kingdom

If, for the purpose of an application made to a Minister with a view to the granting of any allowance or relief for which provision is made by an order under section 1 of this Act, a person makes any statement or produces any document which is false in a material particular, then—

(a)

any decision allowing the application shall be of no effect; and

(b)

if the statement was made of the document was furnished knowingly or recklessly, that person shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding F1level 3 on the standard scale, or to both, . . . F2

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words “level 3 on the standard scale”substituted (E.W.S.) for “one hundred pounds”by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G
F2: Words repealed (E.W.) (S.) by Theft Act 1968 (c. 60), Sch. 3 Pt. I and (N.I.) by Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 16), Sch. 3 Pt. I

Notes on Schedule

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt.II.