The European Parliamentary Elections (Changes to the Franchise and Qualification of Representatives) Regulations 1994

Punishment of false statement in application and declaration under regulation 10(2) and (3)

11.—(1) A person who makes a statement which he knows to be false in an application or declaration required by regulation 10(2) and (3) above is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

(2) The provisions of Part III of the Act of 1983 relating to the prosecution of offences, as applied by regulations under the Act of 1978, shall have effect in relation to an offence under paragraph (1) above as if it were an offence under the Act of 1983, as so applied.