Regulation 3 False statements etc.

(1)

A person who, for the purpose of obtaining, whether for himself or another, the issue of a permit or certificate—

(a)

knowingly or recklessly makes a statement or representation which is false in a material particular; or

(b)

knowingly or recklessly furnishes a document or information which is false in a material particular; or

(c)

for any purpose in connection with the Principal Regulation or the Subsidiary Regulation, knowingly or recklessly uses or furnishes a false, falsified or invalid permit or certificate or one altered without authorisation,

shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to both, or on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine, or to both.

(2)

A person who knowingly or recklessly makes an import notification which is false in a material particular shall be guilty of an offence and liable—

(a)

on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding three months, or to both; or

(b)

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine, or to both.

(3)

Without prejudice to Article 11(2)(a) of the Principal Regulation—

(a)

a permit or certificate in relation to which an offence under paragraph (1) has been committed shall be void; and

(b)

an import notification in relation to which an offence under paragraph (2) has been committed shall be void.