Part II Licensing and Regulation—Particular Activities

F1Licensing and regulation of knife dealers

27DProvision of information to holder of knife dealer's licence

(1)

Subsection (2) applies where the holder of a knife dealer's licence (“the dealer”)—

(a)

is required by the licence to obtain information of a type specified in the licence from a person; and

(b)

the dealer requests (whether orally, in writing or otherwise) the information from the person.

(2)

A person, or any person acting on behalf of the person, who knowingly or recklessly provides false information in response to a request under subsection (1)(b) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.