19 Offences and penalties
1 A person is guilty of an offence if—
(a) for the purposes of obtaining financial support for himself or any other person under these Regulations he knowingly or recklessly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular; or
(b) he intentionally obstructs an authorised person (or a person accompanying him and acting under his instructions) in the exercise of his powers under regulation 10.
2 A person who is guilty of an offence shall be liable—
(a) in the case of an offence under paragraph (1)(a)—
(i) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or
(ii) on conviction on indictment, to a fine; and
(b) in the case of an offence under paragraph (1)(b), on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
Reg. 19 in operation at 21.8.2008, see reg. 1
Regulations revoked (with savings) (5.10.2015) by The Rural Development Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/326), regs. 1, 22, Sch. 2 (with reg. 22(3)(c))