SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 19 Offences relating to false or misleading statements or false entries

The Water Resources Act 1991

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Section 206 of the M1Water Resources Act 1991 (making of false statements etc) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.

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For subsection (1), there shall be substituted—

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If, in furnishing any information or making any application under or for the purposes of any provision of this Act, any person 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, he shall be guilty of an offence under this section.

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Subsection (2) (which is superseded by the amendment made by sub-paragraph (2) above) shall be omitted.

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After subsection (3) (offences relating to the use of meters in connection with licences under Chapter II of Part II) there shall be inserted—

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If a person intentionally makes a false entry in any record required to be kept by virtue of a licence under Chapter II of Part II of this Act, or a consent under Chapter II of Part III of this Act, he shall be guilty of an offence under this section.

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For subsections (5) to (7) (which require consent to the prosecution of certain offences and provide different penalties for different offences) there shall be substituted—

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A person who is guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—

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

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