Article 30 False statements in connection with identity documentsI1

United Kingdom

(1)

Subject to paragraph (4) below, a person commits an offence if—

(a)

for the purpose of, or in connection with, an application made by him or another for the issue of an identity document to which this paragraph applies, or

(b)

in connection with the continued holding by him or another of any such document which has already been issued,

he makes to any of the persons specified in paragraph (3) below, to any employee or agent of such a person or to a constable, a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular, or recklessly makes to any of those persons, to any such employee or agent or to a constable, a statement which is false in a material particular.

(2)

Paragraph (1) above applies to any identity document which is to be or has been issued by any of the persons specified in paragraph (3) below in accordance with arrangements the maintenance of which is required by a direction given by the Secretary of State under article 16 of this Order.

(3)

The persons referred to in paragraph (1) above are—

(a)

the Concessionaires,

(b)

the owner, operator or train manager of any Channel Tunnel train,

(c)

any person who is permitted to have access to a restricted zone for the purposes of the activities of a business carried on by him, and

(d)

any freight forwarder who is included on the list of security approved Channel Tunnel freight forwarders maintained by the Secretary of State pursuant to article 33 of this Order.

(4)

Paragraph (1) above does not apply in relation to any statement made by an authorised person in the exercise of the power conferred by article 28(2)(b) of this Order.

(5)

A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) above is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 30 in force at 5.3.1994, see art. 1