Regulation 19 Offences and penaltiesF1I1
Northern Ireland
A person is guilty of an offence if—
for the purposes of obtaining financial assistance for himself or any other person he knowingly or recklessly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular; or
he intentionally obstructs an authorised person (or a person accompanying him and acting under his instructions) in the exercise of his powers under regulation 9.
A person who is guilty of an offence shall be liable—
in the case of an offence under paragraph (1)(a)—
on conviction on indictment, to a fine; or
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; and
in the case of an offence under paragraph (1)(b), to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
Where an offence under this regulation committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, a director, chief executive, manager, member of the management committee, secretary or other similar officer of that body or any person who was purporting to act in such a capacity, he is also guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, paragraph (3) applies to acts and defaults of a member in connection with his management functions as if he were a director.
“Officer”, in relation to a body corporate, means a director, member of the committee of management, chief executive, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body, or a person purporting to act in any such capacity.
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Textual amendments
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Regulations revoked (with savings) (5.10.2015) by The Rural Development Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/326), regs. 1, 22, Sch. 2 (with reg. 2(3)(b))