# The Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1997/2778/article/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/waste-and-contaminated-land-northern-ireland-order-1997/article-18
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