Section 87 Offences in connection with claims for payments.

Any person who, in connection with a claim by another person under regulations under section 83F1, 84 or 84A, fails without reasonable excuse to provide information which he is required to provide by the regulations is guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale (or both).

Any person who, in connection with a claim under regulations under section 83F2, 84 or 84A, knowingly or recklessly provides information which is false or misleading in a material particular is guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale (or both).