# The Libya (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, Regulation 53: Trade: licensing offences

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) A person (“P”) commits an offence if P knowingly or recklessly—
(a) provides information that is false in a material respect, or
(b) provides or produces a document that is not what it purports to be,
for the purpose of obtaining a trade licence (whether for P or anyone else).
(2) A person who purports to act under the authority of a trade licence but who fails to comply with any condition of the licence commits an offence.
(3) A licence in respect of which an offence under paragraph (1) has been committed is to be treated as void from the time at which it was issued.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1665/regulation/53 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/libya-sanctions-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-53
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