Part XXVII Offences
Miscellaneous offences
398 Misleading the Authority: residual cases.
(1)
A person who, in purported compliance with any requirement imposed by or under this Act, knowingly or recklessly gives the Authority information which is false or misleading in a material particular is guilty of an offence.
(2)
Subsection (1) applies only to a requirement in relation to which no other provision of this Act creates an offence in connection with the giving of information.
(3)
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a)
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(b)
on conviction on indictment, to a fine.