# Licensing Act 2003, Section 158: False statements made for the purposes of this Act

Extent: E+W

(1) A person commits an offence if he knowingly or recklessly makes a false statement in or in connection with—
(a) an application for the grant, variation, transfer or review of a premises licence or club premises certificate,
(b) an application for a provisional statement,
(c) a temporary event notice, an interim authority notice or any other notice under this Act,
(d) an application for the grant ... of a personal licence, or
(e) a notice within section 178(1) (notice by freeholder etc. conferring right to be notified of changes to licensing register).
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) a person is to be treated as making a false statement if he produces, furnishes, signs or otherwise makes use of a document that contains a false statement.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/17/section/158 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-act-2003/section-158
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