# Food (Scotland) Act 2015, Section 27: Offences in relation to section 26


(1) A person commits an offence if the person—
(a) fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement imposed under section 26(1), or
(b) in purported compliance with a requirement imposed under section 26(1)—
(i) provides information which the person knows to be false or misleading in a material way, or
(ii) recklessly provides information which is false or misleading in a material way.
(2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2015/1/section/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-scotland-act-2015/section-27
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