Regulation 16 Offences

Any person who, for the purposes of obtaining for the benefit of that or any other person part of whole of the payment of less favoured area support under theseRegulations, knowingly or recklessly makes a statement which is false in any material particular, shall be guilty of an offence.

Any person who intentionally obstructs an authorised person (or a person taken with acting under the instructions of that authorised person in accordance with regulation 12) in the exercise of the powers under regulation 11 shall be guilty of an offence.

Any person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a requirement made under regulation 11 shall be guilty of an offence.