2(1)The M1Water (Scotland) Act 1980 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.E+W+S
(2)In section 93 (obtaining of information as to underground water) after subsection (7) there shall be inserted—
“(8)Any person who in keeping a journal under subsection (1) or in furnishing information under subsection (2) or (3) makes any 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 shall be guilty of an offence and 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.”.
(3)In section 94 (false information) after the word “Act” there shall be inserted the words “ (other than by or under section 93) ”.
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