False statements
37.—(1) A person who knowingly or recklessly makes, or causes to be made, a statement or furnishes information which is false or misleading in any material particular for the purpose of—
(a)obtaining the issue of an operator’s licence;
(b)obtaining the variation of any such licence;
(c)preventing the issue or variation of any such licence;
(d)procuring the imposition of a condition or limitation in relation to any such licence;
(e)obtaining the grant of an international road haulage permit;
(f)obtaining the issue of a certificate of qualification under section 49; or
(g)obtaining the issue of any other prescribed document;
is guilty of an offence.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.