Part 4Inquiries and information

Information

49Failure to provide information etc.

1

It is an offence for a person, without reasonable excuse, to fail to comply with a requirement made under section 48.

2

It is an offence for a person, knowingly or recklessly, to provide information which is false or misleading in a material respect to the Regulator or any other person—

a

in purported compliance with a requirement made under section 48, or

b

otherwise if the person knows, or could reasonably be expected to know, that the information may be used by, or provided to, the Regulator.

3

It is an offence for a person intentionally to alter, suppress, conceal or destroy a document or other information which the person, or which the person knows another person, has been required to provide under section 48.

4

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.

5

A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2) or (3) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.