{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-trade-in-endangered-species-enforcement-regulations-1997/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-trade-in-endangered-species-enforcement-regulations-1997/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1372",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-trade-in-endangered-species-enforcement-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "False statements etc.",
  "text": "(1) A person who, for the purpose of obtaining, whether for himself or another, the issue of a permit or certificate—\n(a) knowingly or recklessly makes a statement or representation which is false in a material particular; or\n(b) knowingly or recklessly furnishes a document or information which is false in a material particular; or\n(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,\nshall 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.\n(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—\n(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\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine, or to both.\n(3) Without prejudice to Article 11(2)(a) of the Principal Regulation—\n(a) a permit or certificate in relation to which an offence under paragraph (1) has been committed shall be void; and\n(b) an import notification in relation to which an offence under paragraph (2) has been committed shall be void.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1372/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:08:00.939921+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}