Part XXV Miscellaneous and Supplementary Provisions

F1723E Sections 723B and 723C: offences

(1)

Regulations may provide—

(a)

that any person who in an application under section 723B makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular, or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular, shall be guilty of an offence;

(b)

that any person who discloses information in contravention of regulations under section 723C(4) shall be guilty of an offence.

(2)

Regulations may provide that a person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable—

(a)

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine, or to both; and

(b)

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both.