SCHEDULE 5Collection of fines
Part 10Supplementary provisions
Offences of providing false information, failing to disclose information etc.
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(1)
P commits an offence if, in providing a statement of his financial circumstances to a fines officer in response to a relevant request, he—
(a)
makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular,
(b)
recklessly provides a statement which is false in a material particular, or
(c)
knowingly fails to disclose any material fact.
(2)
A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
(3)
P commits an offence if he fails to provide a statement of his financial circumstances to a fines officer in response to a relevant request.
(4)
A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (3) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
(5)
A relevant request is a request for information about P’s financial circumstances which—
(a)
is made by a fines officer, and
(b)
is expressed to be made for the purpose of determining whether or how the fines officer should vary the payment terms (or the reserve terms) of a collection order in P’s favour.
(6)
Proceedings in respect of an offence under this paragraph may be commenced at any time within—
(a)
2 years from the date of the commission of the offence, or
(b)
6 months from its first discovery by the prosecutor,
whichever ends first.