PART 4Other duties of providers of regulated user-to-user services and regulated search services
CHAPTER 2Reporting child sexual exploitation and abuse content
69Offence in relation to CSEA reporting
(1)
A person commits an offence if, in purported compliance with a requirement under section 66—
(a)
the person provides information that is false in a material respect, and
(b)
at the time the person provides it, the person knows that it is false in a material respect or is reckless as to whether it is false in a material respect.
(2)
A person who commits an offence under this section is liable—
(a)
on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court or a fine (or both);
(b)
on summary conviction in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both);
(c)
on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both);
(d)
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or a fine (or both).