# The Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (Wales) Regulations 2017, Regulation 23: Offence of procuring a decision by supplying false information

Extent: E+W

(1) It is an offence for a person who, for the purpose of procuring a particular decision on an application made under these Regulations—
(a) knowingly or recklessly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular,
(b) with intent to deceive, uses a document that is false or misleading in a material particular, or
(c) with intent to deceive, withholds material information.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2017/565/regulation/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-impact-assessment-agriculture-wales-regulations-2017/regulation-23
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