F1PART IIIPROTECTION OF SPECIES

Power to grant licences

False statements made for obtaining licence46.

(1)

A person commits an offence who, for the purposes of obtaining, whether for himself or another, the grant of a licence under regulation 44—

(a)

makes a statement or representation, or furnishes a document or information, which he knows to be false in a material particular, or

(b)

recklessly makes a statement or representation, or furnishes a document or information, which is false in a material particular.

(2)

A person guilty of an offence under this regulation is liable on summary conviction F2to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level F35 on the standard scale F4, or to both.