Offences related to EU authorisations5

1

A person commits an offence and may be arrested who, for the purpose of obtaining an EU authorisation—

a

makes any statement or furnishes any document or information which to that person's knowledge is false in a material particular; or

b

recklessly makes any statement or furnishes any document or information which is false in a material particular.

2

An EU authorisation granted in connection with the application for which the false statement was made or the false document or information furnished is void from the time it was granted.

3

A person who, having acted under the authority of an EU authorisation, fails to comply with a requirement or condition of the EU authorisation commits an offence and may be arrested, unless—

a

the EU authorisation was modified after the completion of the act authorised; and

b

the alleged failure to comply would not have been a failure had the EU authorisation not been so modified.