Part II Waste on Land
Waste Management Licences
F144 Offences of making false or misleading statements or false entries.
(1)
A person who—
(a)
in purported compliance with a requirement to furnish any information imposed by or under any provision of this Part, F2or will need corrections
(b)
F3for the purpose of obtaining for himself or another any grant of a licence, any modification of the conditions of a licence, any acceptance of the surrender of a licence or any transfer of a licence,
makes a 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, commits an offence.
(2)
F4A person who intentionally makes a false entry in any record required to be kept by virtue of a licence commits an offence.
(3)
A person who commits an offence under this section shall be liable—
(a)
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(b)
on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.