SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7E+W+SCommunity interest companies: investigations

False informationE+W+S

5(1)A person commits an offence if in purported compliance with a requirement under paragraph 1 to provide information, the person—E+W+S

(a)provides information which the person knows to be false in a material particular, or

(b)recklessly provides information which is false in a material particular,

F1....

[F2(1A)A prosecution for an offence under sub-paragraph (1) may be instituted—

(a)in England and Wales, only with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions;

(b)in Northern Ireland, only with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.]

(2)A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (1) is liable—

(a)on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine or to both,

(b)on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding [F3the general limit in a magistrates’ court] or a fine of an amount not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both, and

(c)on summary conviction in Scotland [F4or Northern Ireland], to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine of an amount not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.

(3)In relation to an offence committed before [F52 May 2022], sub-paragraph (2)(b) has effect as if for “[F6the general limit in a magistrates’ court]” there were substituted “[F7six months]”.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 7 para. 5 in force at 1.7.2005 by S.I. 2004/3322, art. 2(3), Sch. 3