Part VII Enforcement

F1 Certificate of lawful use or development

F2194 Offences.

(1)

If any person, for the purpose of procuring a particular decision on an application (whether by himself or another) for the issue of a certificate under section 191 or 192—

(a)

knowingly or recklessly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular;

(b)

with intent to deceive, uses any document which is false or misleading in a material particular; or

(c)

with intent to deceive, withholds any material information,

he shall be guilty of an offence.

(2)

A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable—

(a)

on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or

(b)

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

(3)

Notwithstanding section 127 of the M1Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, a magistrates’ court may try an information in respect of an offence under subsection (1) whenever laid.