13 False statements
1 If any person, for the purposes of obtaining for himself or any other person any aid, knowingly or recklessly makes a false statement, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
2 Where an offence under paragraph (1) above which has been committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of–
(a) any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or
(b) any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity,
he as well as the body corporate shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
3 In this regulation, in Scotland any reference to a body corporate includes a reference to a partnership and any reference to a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of a body corporate includes a reference to a partner.
Reg. 13 in force at 16.8.1991, see reg. 1(1)