PART 6Exceptions and licences

Trade: licensing offencesI148

1

A person (“P”) commits an offence if P knowingly or recklessly—

a

provides information that is false in a material respect, or

b

provides or produces a document that is not what it purports to be,

for the purpose of obtaining a trade licence (whether for P or anyone else).

2

A person who purports to act under the authority of a trade licence but who fails to comply with any condition of the licence commits an offence.

3

A licence in respect of which an offence under paragraph (1) has been committed is to be treated as void from the time at which it was issued.