13. After Article 16 of the Child Support Order there shall be inserted—
16A.—(1) This Article applies to—
(a)persons who are required to comply with regulations under Article 7(4); and
(b)persons specified in regulations under Article 16(1)(a).
(2) Such a person is guilty of an offence if, pursuant to a request for information under or by virtue of those regulations—
(a)he makes a statement or representation which he knows to be false; or
(b)he provides, or knowingly causes or knowingly allows to be provided, a document or other information which he knows to be false in a material particular.
(3) Such a person is guilty of an offence if, following such a request, he fails to comply with it.
(4) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under paragraph (3) to prove that he had a reasonable excuse for failing to comply.
(5) A person guilty of an offence under this Article is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.”.