# Building (Scotland) Act 2003, Section 16: Applications and grants: offences


(1) Any person who—
(a) makes an application under section 9 for a building warrant or an amendment to a warrant containing a statement which that person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or
(b) recklessly makes such an application containing a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular,
is guilty of an offence.
(2) Any verifier who grants a building warrant, or makes an amendment to a warrant, under that section knowing that the application for the warrant or amendment contains a statement which is false in a material particular is guilty of an offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/8/section/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/building-scotland-act-2003/section-16
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