Paragraph 18 F1F2
Regulations may provide that where—
a person makes a declaration with a view to securing the return of a goods vehicle under regulations made by virtue of paragraph 10,
the declaration is that the vehicle was not being, or had not been, used in contravention of section 2, and
the declaration is to the person’s knowledge either false or in any material respect misleading,
he is guilty of an offence.
Regulations may provide that a person guilty of such an offence is liable—
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, and
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 1A inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 262(2), Sch. 30; S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I
- F2
Sch. 1A inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38 , s. 262(2) , Sch. 30 ; S.I. 2001/57 , art. 3 Sch. 2 Pt. I
Notes on Offences as to securing possession of property
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 1A inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 262(2), Sch. 30; S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I