PART IIIPROTECTION OF SPECIES

Power to grant licences

False statements made for obtaining licence

41.—(1) A person who, for the purpose of obtaining, whether for himself or another, the grant of licence under regulation 39—

(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.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under this regulation is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.