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Regulation 234 Offences of false recording

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(1)

It is an offence for a person to—

(a)

use any document or record issued or required or having effect by or under the Act—

(i)

which the person knows or ought to know has been forged, altered, revoked, or suspended, or

(ii)

to which the person knows or ought to know that that person is not entitled, or

(b)

lend any document or record issued or required or having effect by or under the Act to, or allow it to be used by, any other person.

(2)

It is an offence for a person intentionally to damage, alter, or render illegible—

(a)

any document or record issued or required or having effect by or under the Act, or

(b)

any entry made in such a document or record.

(3)

It is an offence for a person—

(a)

knowingly to make, or procure or assist in the making of, any false entry in or material omission from any document or record issued or required or having effect by or under the Act, or

(b)

to destroy any such document or record during the period for which the person is obliged to preserve it.

(4)

It is an offence for a person knowingly to create a false licence, certificate, approval, permission, exemption or any other document issued by the regulator.