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Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999
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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 No. 662
Penalties for false information
29. Any person who—
(a)in giving any information which he is required to give under this Part, knowingly or recklessly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular; or
(b)for the purpose of obtaining any discharge consent or any variation of such a consent, knowingly or recklessly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable—
(i)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or to a fine, or to both;
(ii)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.
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