http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/19/section/342/notesGambling and lottery licencesGambling and lotteriesLegislationNational LotteryIncapacityExplanatory Notes to Gambling Act 2005Department for Culture, Media and SportKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2018-08-28
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/19" id="c00001" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2005" Number="0019">Gambling Act 2005</Citation>
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Territorial ExtentTerritorial limits – vessels and aircraft<CitationSubRef id="c01121" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/19/schedule/15" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="schedule-15">Schedule 15</CitationSubRef>: Private gaming and betting<CitationSubRef id="c01256" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/19/schedule/15/part/18" CitationRef="c01121" SectionRef="schedule-15-part-18">Part 18</CitationSubRef>: Miscellaneous and General
<CitationSubRef id="c01269" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/19/section/342" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-342">Section 342</CitationSubRef>: False information
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Any person giving false or misleading information to the Commission or to a licensing authority, without a reasonable excuse, commits an offence. If convicted, the person may be imprisoned for up to 51 weeks in England and Wales, or 6 months in Scotland, and may also be fined an amount up to level 5 on the standard scale. If the Commission or a licensing authority have taken a decision on the basis of false information they may do whatever in their judgement is necessary to alter or remedy the effects of that decision.