# Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Act 2024, Section 2: Offence of providing false or misleading information for the register

Extent: S

(1) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person gives information that the person knows, or ought to know, is false or misleading to—
(i) the Scottish Ministers, or
(ii) a person carrying out a single-building assessment or an additional work assessment, and
(b) the person knows, or is reckless as to whether, giving the information is likely to result in—
(i) a material inaccuracy in an entry in the cladding assurance register, or
(ii) an entry for a building not being created in the register when it otherwise would.
(2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(3) For the avoidance of doubt, the reference in subsection (1) to giving the Scottish Ministers information is not limited to doing so in response to a requirement imposed under section 5.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2024/7/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-cladding-remediation-scotland-act-2024/section-2
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