Offences for failing to provide informationU.K.
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).