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Article 18 Offences of making false or misleading statements or false entries

(1)

A person who—

(a)

in purported compliance with a requirement to furnish any information imposed by or under any provision of this Part, or

(b)

for the purpose of obtaining for himself or another any grant of a licence, any modification of the conditions of a licence, any acceptance of the surrender of a licence or any transfer of a licence,

makes a statement which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or recklessly makes any statement which is false or misleading in a material particular, shall be guilty of an offence.

(2)

A person who intentionally makes a false entry in any record required to be kept by virtue of a licence shall be guilty of an offence.

(3)

A person guilty of an offence under this Article shall be liable—

(a)

on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; and

(b)

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to a fine or to both.

Notes on Part II

Modifications

C1

Pt. 2 (arts. 3-48) modified by S.R. 2003/493, Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 9 (as substituted (8.4.2011) by Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/127), regs. 1(1), 40 (with reg. 9(2)))

C2

Pt. II modified (30.11.2013) by The Controlled Waste and Duty of Care Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/255), regs. 1(1), 4(1)