The Offshore Marine Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 2007

False statements made for obtaining licence

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51.—(1) A person is guilty of an offence if, for the purposes of obtaining (whether for himself or another) the grant of a licence under regulation 49

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

(b)he recklessly makes a statement or representation, or furnishes a document or information, which is false in a material particular.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under this regulation is liable—

(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or

(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine.