(1)Regulations may provide that an application for listed building consent shall not be entertained unless it is accompanied by a certificate in the prescribed form as to the interests in the building to which the application relates.
(2)Any such regulations may—
(a)include requirements corresponding to those mentioned in sections 35 and 38(2) of the principal Act,
(b)make provision as to who, in the case of any building, is to be treated as the owner for the purposes of any provision of the regulations, and
(c)make different provision for different cases or classes of case.
(3)If any person—
(a)issues a certificate which purports to comply with the requirements of regulations made by virtue of this section and which contains a statement which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or
(b)recklessly issues a certificate which purports to comply with those requirements and which contains a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular,
he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 6-25 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2015) by The Planning (Listed Building Consent and Conservation Area Consent Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/243), regs. 1, 15, sch. 3 (with reg. 2)