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Regulation 59 False statements made for obtaining licence

(1)

A person (“P”) commits an offence if, for the purposes of obtaining, whether for P or another, the grant of a licence under regulation 55 or 56, P—

(a)

makes a statement or representation, or supplies a document or information, which P knows to be false in a material particular; or

(b)

recklessly makes a statement or representation, or supplies a document or information, which is false in a material particular.

(2)

A person guilty of an offence under this regulation is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine, or to both.