Certifying compliance with regulation 13U.K.

14.—(1) Where regulation 13 applies, the applicant must send to the [F1Secretary of State] a certificate of compliance with that regulation—

(a)in the form set out in certificate 1 in Schedule 5; and

(b)at the same time as complying with regulation 10 of the Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009.

(2) If any person issues a certificate which purports to certify compliance with the requirements of regulation 13 and which contains a statement which that person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or recklessly issues a certificate which purports to do so and which contains a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular, that person shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.