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Section 37 False statementsI1

(1)

A person who knowingly or recklessly makes, or causes to be made, a statement or furnishes information which is false or misleading in any material particular for the purpose of—

(a)

obtaining the issue of an operator's licence;

(b)

obtaining the variation of any such licence;

(c)

preventing the issue or variation of any such licence;

(d)

procuring the imposition of a condition or limitation in relation to any such licence;

(e)

obtaining the grant of an international road haulage permit;

(f)

obtaining the issue of a certificate of qualification under section 49; or

(g)

obtaining the issue of any other prescribed document;

is guilty of an offence.

(2)

A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

Annotations

Commencement

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S. 37 in operation at 1.7.2012 by S.R. 2012/262, art. 2 (with arts. 4-6)