PART 2Requirement to provide information

Passenger information: offences and penalties5.

(1)

A person who contravenes the requirement in regulation 3 or 4(2) commits an offence.

(2)

It is an offence for P to provide false or misleading information for the purposes of regulation 3 or 4, where P—

(a)

knows that the information is false or misleading, or

(b)

is reckless as to whether the information is false or misleading.

(3)

It is a defence to a charge of committing an offence under paragraph (1) or (2) to show that the person, in the circumstances, had a reasonable excuse.

(4)

A person who commits an offence under this regulation is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.