Valid from 01/04/1996
4(1)For section 44 of the M1Environmental Protection Act 1990 (offences of making false statements) there shall be substituted—E+W+S
“44 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, or
(b)for 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)A 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.”
(2)In section 71(3) of that Act, paragraph (b) (offence of making false or misleading statements) shall cease to have effect.
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