# The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1372/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-trade-in-endangered-species-enforcement-regulations-1997/regulation-3
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