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Section 17 False statements made for obtaining registration , identification number or licence etc. False statements made for obtaining registration or licence etc.F5F6

England, Wales and Scotland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

A person who, for the purposes of obtaining, whether for himself or another, a registration in accordance with regulations made under section F16(2) or 7(1) F2F3, an identification number under section 11A(4) or the grant of a licence under section 16 F4or 16AA—

(a)

makes a statement or representation, or furnishes a document or information, which he knows to be false in a material particular; or

(b)

recklessly makes a statement or representation, or furnishes a document or information, which is false in a material particular,

shall be guilty of an offence.

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Textual amendments

F1

Words in s. 17 repealed (E.W.) (30.1.2001) by 2000 c. 37, ss. 102, 103(2), Sch. 16 Pt. IV

F2

Words in s. 17 inserted (S.) (22.11.2012) by Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6), ss. 13(5)(b), 43(1) (with s. 41(1)); S.S.I. 2011/433, art. 2(3A)(b) (as inserted by S.S.I. 2012/281, art. 2(2))

F3

Words in s. 17 substituted (S.) (25.11.2024) by Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 4), ss. 6(5)(a), 35(2) (with s. 30); S.S.I. 2024/267, reg. 2(2)

F4

Words in s. 17 inserted (S.) (22.7.2024) by Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 4), ss. 10(4), 35(2) (with s. 30); S.S.I. 2024/168, sch. Pt. 2

F5

Words in s. 17 heading substituted (S.) (25.11.2024) by Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 4), ss. 6(5)(b), 35(2) (with s. 30); S.S.I. 2024/267, reg. 2(2)

F6

Words in s. 17 heading inserted (S.) (22.11.2012) by Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6), ss. 13(5)(a), 43(1) (with s. 41(1)); S.S.I. 2011/433, art. 2(3A)(b) (as inserted by S.S.I. 2012/281, art. 2(2))