# Chemical Weapons Act 1996, Section 23: Identifying persons who have information.


(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations requiring persons of any description specified in the regulations to inform him that they are of such a description.
(2) Any such description must be so framed that persons within it are persons on whom the Secretary of State is likely to want to serve a notice under section 22.
(3) If regulations are made under this section the Secretary of State shall arrange for a statement of the fact that they have been made to be published in such manner as is likely to bring them to the attention of persons affected by them.
(4) A person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a requirement imposed by the regulations is guilty of an offence and liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine of an amount not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine.
(5) A person who knowingly makes a false or misleading statement in response to a requirement imposed by the regulations is guilty of an offence and liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine of an amount not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both.
(6) The regulations shall be made by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/6/section/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/chemical-weapons-act-1996/section-23
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