The Channel Tunnel (Security) Order 1994

False statements relating to goods etc

29.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3) below, a person commits an offence if—

(a) in relation to any goods (whether belonging to him or to another) that are intended for carriage by a Channel Tunnel train, and

(b) to—

(i) any of the persons mentioned in paragraph (2) below,

(ii) any employee or agent of such a person in his capacity as employee or agent, or

(iii) a constable,

he makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular, or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular.

(2) The persons referred to in paragraph (1)(b)(i) above are—

(a) the Concessionaires,

(b) the owner, operator or train manager of any Channel Tunnel train,

(c) any person who—

(i) is permitted to have access to a restricted zone for the purposes of the activities of a business carried on by him, and

(ii) has control in that restricted zone over the goods to which the statement relates, and

(d) any freight forwarder who is included on the list of security approved Channel Tunnel freight forwarders maintained by the Secretary of State pursuant to article 33 of this Order.

(3) Paragraph (1) above does not apply in relation to any statement made by an authorised person in the exercise of the power conferred by article 28(2)(b) of this Order.

(4) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) above is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.