Section 17 Offences in connection with licences: EnglandI1

England and Wales Not yet in force

(1)

A person who breaches the prohibition in section 16 (1) or (2) commits an offence.

(2)

A person commits an offence if—

(a)

the person provides information to a licensing authority—

(i)

in, or in connection with, an application for the grant of a personal licence or a premises licence, or

(ii)

in pursuance of any other obligation imposed by or under regulations made under section 16 (4),

(b)

the information is false or misleading in a material respect, and

(c)

the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the information is false or misleading in a material respect.

(3)

A person who commits an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine.

(4)

The court by which a person is convicted of an offence under subsection (1) may order the relevant products to which the offence relates, and any container for them, to be forfeited and either destroyed or dealt with in such other manner as the court may order.

(5)

In this section—

“grant” includes variation or renewal;
“licensing authority” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1;
“personal licence” has the meaning given by section 16 (8);
“premises licence” has the meaning given by section 16 (8);
“relevant product” has the meaning given by section 16 (8).

Annotations

Commencement

I1: S. 17 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 175(4)