Part 5Enforcement
Certificate of lawful use or development
172Offences
(1)
If any person, for the purpose of procuring a particular decision on an application (whether by that person or another) for the issue of a certificate under section 169 or 170—
(a)
knowingly or recklessly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular;
(b)
with intent to deceive, uses any document which is false or misleading in a material particular; or
(c)
with intent to deceive, withholds any material information,
that person shall be guilty of an offence.
(2)
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable—
(a)
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(b)
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or a fine, or both.
(3)
Notwithstanding Article 19 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (NI 26), a magistrates' court may hear and determine a complaint in respect of an offence under subsection (1) whenever made.