3. Any person who, in connection with a request for authorisation pursuant to Articles 3 or 4 of the EC Regulation—
(a)makes any statement or furnishes any document or information which to his knowledge is false in a material particular;
(b)recklessly makes any statement or furnishes any document or information which is false in a material particular; or
(c)fails, without reasonable excuse, to make a statement or furnish any document or information which may be relevant to the request for authorisation,
is guilty of an offence.