Version Superseded: 22/11/2012
Point in time view as at 01/01/2012. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Section 17 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
A person who, for the purposes of obtaining, whether for himself or another, a registration in accordance with regulations made under section [F16(2) or] 7(1) or the grant of a licence under section 16—
(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.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 17 repealed (E.W.) (30.1.2001) by 2000 c. 37, ss. 102, 103(2), Sch. 16 Pt. IV
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