Licensing Act 2003

158False statements made for the purposes of this ActE+W

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(1)A person commits an offence if he knowingly or recklessly makes a false statement in or in connection with—

(a)an application for the grant, variation, transfer or review of a premises licence or club premises certificate,

(b)an application for a provisional statement,

(c)a temporary event notice, an interim authority notice or any other notice under this Act,

(d)an application for the grant or renewal of a personal licence, or

(e)a notice within section 178(1) (notice by freeholder etc. conferring right to be notified of changes to licensing register).

(2)For the purposes of subsection (1) a person is to be treated as making a false statement if he produces, furnishes, signs or otherwise makes use of a document that contains a false statement.

(3)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.