PART 7 GENERAL

Powers to require information about interests in land

198 Offences in connection with section 197
(1) A person required to provide information by a notice under section 197 commits an offence if the person fails, without reasonable excuse, to provide the information.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(3) A person required to provide information by a notice under section 197 commits an offence if the person, in purported compliance with the notice, knowingly provides information which is false or misleading in a material respect.
(4) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (3) is liable on summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine.

S. 198 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 212
S. 198 in force at 4.11.2024 by S.I. 2024/860, art. 3(c)