SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 22 Minor and consequential amendments
The Environmental Protection Act 1990
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1
Section 35 of that Act (waste management licences: general) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.
2
After subsection (7) there shall be inserted—
7A
In any case where—
a
an entry is required under this section to be made in any record as to the observance of any condition of a licence, and
b
the entry has not been made,
that fact shall be admissible as evidence that that condition has not been observed.
7B
Any person who—
a
intentionally makes a false entry in any record required to be kept under any condition of a licence, or
b
with intent to deceive, forges or uses a licence or makes or has in his possession a document so closely resembling a licence as to be likely to deceive,
shall be guilty of an offence.
7C
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (7B) above 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.