# The Extensification Payment Regulations 2001, Regulation 15: Offences


It shall be an offence for a person—
(a) intentionally to obstruct an authorised person in the exercise of a power conferred by regulation 11 or 12;
(b) without reasonable excuse, to fail to comply with a requirement made under regulation 12 or a request made under regulation 13;
(c) knowingly or recklessly to submit a census declaration which is false or misleading in a material particular; or
(d) knowingly or recklessly to make a statement or furnish any information which is false or misleading in a material particular where the statement is made or the information is furnished for the purpose of obtaining for himself or any other person the grant of an extensification payment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/864/regulation/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/extensification-payment-regulations-2001/regulation-15
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