Offences18

It shall be an offence for a person–

a

without reasonable excuse, to fail to comply with the provisions of regulation 4, 5(1) or 13;

b

intentionally to obstruct an authorised person in the exercise of a power conferred by regulation 14;

c

without reasonable excuse, to faily to comply with a request made under regulation 15; or

d

knowingly or recklessly to make a statement or furnish any information which is false or misleading in a material particular where the statement is made or the information is furnished–

i

in purported compliance with any requirement imposed under regulation 14(6),

ii

for the purpose of obtaining a national administrative document or a duplicate or replacement of same, or

iii

for the purposes of obtaining for himself or any other person the whole or any part of any Community premium.