Paragraph 6

F1After section 34 of the M1Radioactive Substances Act 1993 (offences relating to disclosure of information about trade secrets etc) there shall be inserted—

“ Offences of making false or misleading statements or false entries.

34A

(1)

Any person who—

(a)

for the purpose of obtaining for himself or another any registration under section 7 or 10, any authorisation under section 13 or 14 or any variation of such an authorisation under section 17, or

(b)

in purported compliance with a requirement to furnish information imposed under section 31(1)(d),

makes a statement which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or recklessly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular, shall be guilty of an offence.

(2)

Any person who intentionally makes a false entry in any record—

(a)

which is required to be kept by virtue of a registration under section 7 or 10 or an authorisation under section 13 or 14, or

(b)

which is kept in purported compliance with a condition which must be complied with if a person is to have the benefit of an exemption under section 8, 11 or 15,

shall be guilty of an offence.

(3)

A person guilty of 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.”