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Section 23 False statements.

United Kingdom

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(1)

A person is guilty of an offence if for the purpose of obtaining or assisting another person to obtain a licence F1... under this Act he furnishes information which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular or recklessly furnishes information which is false or misleading in a material particular.

(2)

A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding the fourth level on the standard scale or to both.

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F1

Words in s. 23(1) omitted (1.1.2013) by virtue of The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3039), regs. 1(2), 26(11) (with Sch. 3)