Part VI Allocation of housing accommodation
Supplementary
171 False statements and withholding information.
(1)
A person commits an offence if, in connection with the exercise by a local housing authority of their functions under this Part—
(a)
he knowingly or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular, or
(b)
he knowingly withholds information which the authority have reasonably required him to give in connection with the exercise of those functions.
(2)
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.