Building (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 8)

Part 2 S Approval of construction work etc.

Completion certificates S

20 Completion certificates: offences S

(1) Any person who, under this Act—

(a) submits to a verifier a completion certificate containing a statement which that person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or

(b) recklessly submits to a verifier a completion certificate containing a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular,

is guilty of an offence.

(2) Any verifier who accepts a completion certificate submitted to it under this Act knowing that the certificate contains a statement which is false in a material particular is guilty of an offence.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 20 in force at 1.5.2005 by S.S.I. 2004/404, art. 2(1)