Version Superseded: 01/04/2006
Point in time view as at 01/04/1996. This version of this provision has been superseded.
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Control of Pollution Act 1974, Section 93.
(1)Subject to the following subsection, a relevant authority may serve on any person a notice requiring him to furnish to the authority, within a period or at times specified in the notice and in a form so specified, any information so specified which the authority reasonably considers that it needs for the purposes of any function conferred on the authority by this Act.
(2)Provision may be made by regulations for restricting the information which may be required in pursuance of the preceding subsection and for determining the form in which the information is to be so required.
[F1(3)A person who—
(a)fails without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirements of a notice served on him in pursuance of this section; or
(b)in furnishing any information in compliance with such a notice, makes any statement which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular or recklessly makes any statement which is false or misleading in a material particular,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(3A)A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or
(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.]
(4)In the application of this section to Scotland, in subsection (1) the reference to this Act shall include a reference to the M1Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) (Scotland) Act 1951 [F2and a reference to Part II of the Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991].
Textual Amendments
F1S. 93(3)(3A) substituted (1.4.1996) for s. 93(3) by 1995 c. 25, s. 112, Sch. 19 para. 1(3) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
F2Words in s. 93(4) inserted (S.) (1.10.1991) by Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 28), s. 27(1), Sch. 10 para. 7(4); S.I. 1991/2187, art. 3, Sch.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 91-94 extended (with modifications) (14.10.1991) by Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 (c. 14, SIF 46:4), s. 7(1); S.I. 1991/1618, art. 3
C2S. 93: certain functions transferred (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8(1)(3), Sch. 2
S. 93 modified (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8(2)(3), Sch. 2
S. 93: certain functions transferred (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8(2)(3), Sch. 2
S. 93 modified (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8(2)(3), Sch. 2
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