Childcare Funding (Wales) Act 2019

3Requirement for parents etc. to provide information

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(1)The regulations may make provision requiring a person to provide documents or information specified in the regulations, or of a description specified in the regulations, to the Welsh Ministers or to a person providing services to the Welsh Ministers.

(2)But a requirement may not be imposed on a person by virtue of this section unless the person has made, or is making, a declaration under section 1(3)(d).

(3)The regulations may make provision for a penalty to be imposed on a person who provides false or misleading information in connection with a requirement imposed by virtue of this section.

(4)In subsection (3) “false or misleading” means false or misleading in a material particular.

(5)But a person is not liable to a penalty by virtue of this section in respect of anything if the person has been convicted of an offence in relation to it.

(6)The maximum amount of any penalty that may be specified in or determined in accordance with the regulations by virtue of subsection (3) is £3,000.