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Section 65 Falsification of confirmation of scheme membershipC1C2F7I1

(1)

It is an offence for a person, with intent to deceive, to—

(a)

make a document which purports to be a F1confirmation of scheme membership made available under section 54,

(b)

alter F2such a confirmation,

(c)

use, or allow another person to use, F3such a confirmation in a way which suggests that it relates to an individual other than the scheme member in respect of whom it was F4made available.

(2)

It is an offence for a person to knowingly make a false or misleading declaration or other statement for the purposes of—

(a)

obtaining, or enabling another person to obtain, a F5confirmation of scheme membership under section 54, or

(b)

satisfying Ministers that an individual who is F6carrying out a regulated role is not doing so.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in s. 65(1)(a) substituted (1.4.2025) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 10(36)(a)(i) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3(1)(2), sch.

F2

Words in s. 65(1)(b) substituted (1.4.2025) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 10(36)(a)(ii) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3(1)(2), sch.

F3

Words in s. 65(1)(c) substituted (1.4.2025) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 10(36)(a)(ii) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3(1)(2), sch.

F4

Words in s. 65(1)(c) substituted (1.4.2025) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 10(36)(a)(iii) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3(1)(2), sch.

F5

Words in s. 65(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2025) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 10(36)(b)(i) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3(1)(2), sch.

F6

Words in s. 65(2)(b) substituted (1.4.2025) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 10(36)(b)(ii) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3(1)(2), sch.

F7

S. 65 title substituted (1.4.2025) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 10(36)(c) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3(1)(2), sch.

Modifications

C1

Pt. 2 modified (28.2.2011) by The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2660), arts. 1, 22

C2

Pt. 2 modified (28.2.2011) by The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2660), arts. 1, 21

Commencement

I1

S. 65 in force at 28.2.2011 by S.S.I. 2011/157, art. 2(a)

Notes on Offences relating to confirmation of scheme membership

Textual amendments

F1

S. 65 cross-heading substituted (1.4.2025) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 10(35) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3(1)(2), sch.