# Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000, Section 13: Information— offences.


After section 14 of the 1991 Act there shall be inserted—
“ Information —offences.
14A (1) This section applies to—
(a) persons who are required to comply with regulations under section 4(4) or 7(5); and
(b) persons specified in regulations under section 14(1)(a).
(2) Such a person is guilty of an offence if, pursuant to a request for information under or by virtue of those regulations—
(a) he makes a statement or representation which he knows to be false; or
(b) he provides, or knowingly causes or knowingly allows to be provided, a document or other information which he knows to be false in a material particular.
(3) Such a person is guilty of an offence if, following such a request, he fails to comply with it.
(4) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (3) to prove that he had a reasonable excuse for failing to comply.
(5) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/19/section/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-pensions-and-social-security-act-2000/section-13
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