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Paragraph 48 I1

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

P commits an offence if, in providing a statement of F1financial circumstances (whether a statement of assets, of other financial circumstances or of both) to a fines officer in response to a relevant request, he—

(a)

makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular,

(b)

recklessly provides a statement which is false in a material particular, or

(c)

knowingly fails to disclose any material fact.

(2)

A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

(3)

P commits an offence if he fails to provide a F2fines officer with a statement of financial circumstances (whether a statement of assets, of other financial circumstances or of both) requested by a relevant request.

(4)

A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (3) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.

(5)

A relevant request is a request for information about P’s financial circumstances F3(whether about P's assets, P's other financial circumstances or both) which—

(a)

is made by a fines officer, and

(b)

is expressed to be made for the purpose of determining whether or how the fines officer should vary the payment terms (or the reserve terms) of a collection order in P’s favour.

(6)

Proceedings in respect of an offence under this paragraph may be commenced at any time within—

(a)

2 years from the date of the commission of the offence, or

(b)

6 months from its first discovery by the prosecutor,

whichever ends first.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 5 para. 48(1) substituted (11.12.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 16 para. 28(2)(a); S.I. 2013/2981, art. 2(d)

F2

Words in Sch. 5 para. 48(3) substituted (11.12.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 16 para. 28(2)(b); S.I. 2013/2981, art. 2(d)

F3

Words in Sch. 5 para. 48(5) inserted (11.12.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 16 para. 28(2)(c); S.I. 2013/2981, art. 2(d)

Commencement

I1

Sch. 5 para. 48 wholly in force at 5.4.2004; Sch. 5 para. 48 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 110(1)(2); Sch. 5 para. 48 in force for certain purposes at 23.2.2004 by S.I. 2004/174, art. 4(a); Sch. 5 para. 48 in force for certain further purposes at 29.3.2004 by S.I. 2004/174, art. 4(b); Sch. 5 para. 48 in force for all purposes at 5.4.2004 by S.I. 2004/174, art. 4(c)

Notes on Schedule 5

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 5: words in heading inserted (3.7.2006) by The Collection of Fines (Final Scheme) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1737), arts. 1, 5 (with transitional provision in art. 3)

Modifications

C1

Sch. 5 applied (with modifications) (temp. from 23.3.2004 for certain purposes, 29.3.2004 for certain further purposes, 5.4.2004 for all purposes to 31.3.2006) by S.I. 2004/175, arts. 1-3, Sch. (as amended by S.I. 2004/1406, arts. 3, 4; S.I. 2005/487, arts. 4-6; S.I. 2005/642, art. 2; S.I. 2005/2410, art. 2; S.I. 2005/3166, art. 2)

C2

Sch. 5 modified (temp. from 27.3.2006 to 2.7.2006) by The Collection of Fines (Pilot Scheme) and Discharge of Fines by Unpaid Work (Pilot Schemes) (Amendment) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/502), arts. 1(1)(b)(2), 5 (with transitional provision in art. 4)

C3

Sch. 5 restricted (prosp.) by Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25), ss. 56-58, 173(4)

C4

Sch. 5 applied (1.10.2009) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), ss. 85(7)(b), 153; S.I. 2009/2606, art. 2(f)