# The Plant Health (Forestry) ("Phytophthora ramorum") (Great Britain) (No. 2) Order 2002, Article 12: Offences


(1) A person shall be guilty of an offence if, without reasonable excuse, proof of which shall lie on him, he contravenes or fails to comply with articles 3(b) and 5.
(2) A person shall be guilty of an offence if, for the purpose of procuring the authority to issue a plant passport under this Order, he:
(a) makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular;
(b) recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular; or
(c) intentionally fails to disclose any material information.
(3) A person shall be guilty of an offence if he dishonestly issues a false plant passport under this Order.
(4) A person shall be guilty of an offence if he dishonestly alters a plant passport affixed to susceptible material or re-uses a plant passport for susceptible material not the material for which the plant passport was issued.
(5) A person guilty of an offence under this article shall be 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/uksi/2002/2589/article/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-forestry-phytophthora-ramorum-great-britain-no-2-order-2002/article-12
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