Point in time view as at 01/06/2018. This version of this provision is prospective.
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016, Section 96.
Prospective
(1)A person commits an offence if the person knowingly carries on business as a funeral director at any time when the person does not hold a licence issued under a scheme made under section 94(1) in relation to the business.
(2)For the purposes of subsection (1), a person does not hold a licence in relation to a business at any time when—
(a)no licence has been issued as mentioned in subsection (1) in relation to the business,
(b)a licence so issued in relation to the business has, in accordance with regulations under section 95—
(i)expired without being renewed,
(ii)been suspended, or
(iii)been revoked.
(3)A person commits an offence if the person—
(a)provides information in, or in connection with, an application made by virtue of section 95 which the person knows to be false or misleading in a material way, or
(b)recklessly provides information in, or in connection with, such an application which is false or misleading in a material way.
(4)A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) or (3) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
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