Licences
3Offences in connection with licences
(1)
A person commits an offence if, in connection with an application for the grant or modification of a glue trap licence, the person—
(a)
makes a statement or representation, or provides a document or information, which the person knows to be false in a material particular, or
(b)
recklessly makes a statement or representation, or provides a document or information, which is false in a material particular.
(2)
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks or a fine (or both).
(3)
In relation to an offence committed before section 281(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 comes into force, the reference in subsection (2) to 51 weeks is to be read as a reference to six months.