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The Scottish Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2017

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Offences for failing to provide informationU.K.

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16.—(1) A person commits an offence if the person—

(a)fails to comply with a duty under regulation 14 or 15, or

(b)in purported compliance with such a duty—

(i)makes a statement that the person knows to be false in a material particular, or

(ii)recklessly makes a statement that is false in a material particular.

(2) Where the person is a legal entity, an offence is also committed by every officer of the entity who is in default.

(3) A person guilty of an offence under this paragraph is liable—

(a)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine (or both);

(b)on summary conviction—

(i)in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine (or both);

(ii)in Scotland and Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both).

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