After section 34 of the M1Radioactive Substances Act 1993 (offences relating to disclosure of information about trade secrets etc) there shall be inserted—

“34A Offences of making false or misleading statements or false entries.

(1)

Any person who—

(a)

for the purpose of obtaining for himself or another any registration under section 7 or 10, any authorisation under section 13 or 14 or any variation of such an authorisation under section 17, or

(b)

in purported compliance with a requirement to furnish information imposed under section 31(1)(d),

makes a statement which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or recklessly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular, shall be guilty of an offence.

(2)

Any person who intentionally makes a false entry in any record—

(a)

which is required to be kept by virtue of a registration under section 7 or 10 or an authorisation under section 13 or 14, or

(b)

which is kept in purported compliance with a condition which must be complied with if a person is to have the benefit of an exemption under section 8, 11 or 15,

shall be guilty of an offence.

(3)

A person guilty of 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.”