[F18C(1)A person commits an offence if—U.K.
(a)he supplies any information to the OFT or the Competition Commission in connection with any of their functions under this Schedule;
(b)the information is false or misleading in a material respect; and
(c)he knows that it is false or misleading in a material respect or is reckless as to whether it is false or misleading in a material respect.
(2)A person commits an offence if he—
(a)supplies any information to another person which he knows to be false or misleading in a material respect; or
(b)recklessly supplies any information to another person which is false or misleading in a material respect;
knowing that the information is to be used for the purpose of supplying information to the OFT or the Competition Commission in connection with any of their functions under this Schedule.
(3)A person who commits an offence under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) shall be liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both.
(4)This paragraph shall not have effect in relation to the supplying of information to the Competition Commission in connection with its functions under any provision of the Enterprise Act 2002 as applied by virtue of paragraph 4A.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 4 paras. 8A-8C and cross-headings inserted (20.6.2003) by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), s. 279, Sch. 25 para. 24(9)(j); S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 8)