{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995/schedule-19/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995/schedule-19/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/25",
  "legislation_title": "Environment Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995",
  "path": "schedule/19/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) For section 44 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (offences of making false statements) there shall be substituted—\n“ Offences of making false or misleading statements or false entries.\n44 (1) A person who—\n(a) in purported compliance with a requirement to furnish any information imposed by or under any provision of this Part, or\n(b) for the purpose of obtaining for himself or another any grant of a licence, any modification of the conditions of a licence, any acceptance of the surrender of a licence or any transfer of a licence,\nmakes a statement which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or recklessly makes any statement which is false or misleading in a material particular, commits an offence.\n(2) A person who intentionally makes a false entry in any record required to be kept by virtue of a licence commits an offence.\n(3) A person who commits an offence under this section shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.”\n(2) In section 71(3) of that Act, paragraph (b) (offence of making false or misleading statements) shall cease to have effect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1990 c. 43."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/25/schedule/19/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:02.335333+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."
}