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SCHEDULEU.K.Information provisions

Failure to comply with request for informationU.K.

4.—(1) A person commits an offence who—

(a)without reasonable excuse, refuses or fails within the time and in the manner specified (or, if no time has been specified, within a reasonable time) to comply with any request made under this Schedule;

(b)knowingly or recklessly gives any information, or produces any document, which is false in a material particular in response to such a request;

(c)with intent to evade the provisions of this Schedule, destroys, mutilates, defaces, conceals or removes any document; or

(d)otherwise intentionally obstructs the Treasury in the exercise of their powers under this Schedule.

(2) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this paragraph, the court may make an order requiring that person, within such period as may be specified in the order, to comply with the request.