Part I Integrated Pollution Control and Air Pollution Control by Local Authorities
Provisions as to offences
23 Offences.
(1)
It is an offence for a person—
(a)
to contravene section 6(1) above;
(b)
to fail to give the notice required by section 9(2) above;
(c)
to fail to comply with or contravene any requirement or prohibition imposed by an enforcement notice or a prohibition notice;
F1(d)
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F1(e)
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F1(f)
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(g)
to fail, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any requirement imposed by a notice under section 19(2) above;
(h)
to make a statement which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or recklessly to make a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular, where the statement is made—
(i)
in purported compliance with a requirement to furnish any information imposed by or under any provision of this Part; or
(ii)
for the purpose of obtaining the grant of an authorisation to himself or any other person or the variation of an authorisation;
(i)
intentionally to make a false entry in any record required to be kept under section 7 above;
(j)
with intent to deceive, to forge or use a document issued or authorised to be issued under section 7 above or required for any purpose thereunder or to make or have in his possession a document so closely resembling any such document as to be likely to deceive;
F1(k)
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(l)
to fail to comply with an order made by a court under section 26 below.
(2)
A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (a), (c) or (l) of subsection (1) above shall be liable:
(a)
(b)
on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.
(3)
A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (b), (g), (h), (i) or (j) of subsection (1) above shall be liable—
(a)
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(b)
on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.
F4(4)
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F5(5)
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23 Offences.
(1)
It is an offence for a person—
(a)
to contravene section 6(1) above;
(b)
to fail to give the notice required by section 9(2) above;
(c)
to fail to comply with or contravene any requirement or prohibition imposed by an enforcement notice or a prohibition notice;
F1(d)
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F1(e)
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F1(f)
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(g)
to fail, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any requirement imposed by a notice under section 19(2) above;
(h)
to make a statement which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or recklessly to make a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular, where the statement is made—
(i)
in purported compliance with a requirement to furnish any information imposed by or under any provision of this Part; or
(ii)
for the purpose of obtaining the grant of an authorisation to himself or any other person or the variation of an authorisation;
(i)
intentionally to make a false entry in any record required to be kept under section 7 above;
(j)
with intent to deceive, to forge or use a document issued or authorised to be issued under section 7 above or required for any purpose thereunder or to make or have in his possession a document so closely resembling any such document as to be likely to deceive;
F1(k)
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(l)
to fail to comply with an order made by a court under section 26 below.
(2)
A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (a), (c) or (l) of subsection (1) above shall be liable:
(a)
(b)
on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.
(3)
A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (b), (g), (h), (i) or (j) of subsection (1) above shall be liable—
(a)
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(b)
on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.
F4(4)
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F5(5)
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