# Environment Act 1995, Paragraph 4


(1) For section 44 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (offences of making false statements) there shall be substituted—
“ Offences of making false or misleading statements or false entries.
44 (1) A person who—
(a) in purported compliance with a requirement to furnish any information imposed by or under any provision of this Part, or
(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,
makes 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.
(2) A person who intentionally makes a false entry in any record required to be kept by virtue of a licence commits an offence.
(3) A person who commits an offence under this section shall be liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.”
(2) In section 71(3) of that Act, paragraph (b) (offence of making false or misleading statements) shall cease to have effect.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/25/schedule/19/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995/schedule-19/paragraph-4
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