[F1[F2False statements: basic offenceU.K.
Textual Amendments
F1Schs. 1A, 1B inserted (26.5.2015 for specified purposes, 6.4.2016 in so far as not already in force) by Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), s. 164(1), Sch. 3 para. 2; S.I. 2015/1329, reg. 3(a); S.I. 2015/2029, reg. 4(a)
F2Sch. 1B paras. 13-14B substituted for Sch. 1B paras. 13, 14 (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 for specified purposes) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 20(3); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z10)
14A(1)A person commits an offence if, in purported compliance with a notice under section 790D, 790DA, 790E or 790EA or in purported compliance with a duty imposed by section 790G, 790H or 790HA, and without reasonable excuse, the person makes a statement that is misleading, false or deceptive in a material particular.U.K.
(2)Where the person is a legal entity, the offence is also committed by every officer of the entity who is in default.
(3)A person guilty of an offence under this paragraph is liable on summary conviction—
(a)in England and Wales, to a fine;
(b)in Scotland, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale;
(c)in Northern Ireland, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.]]