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17.—(1) Any person who, in an application under section 723B of the 1985 Act, makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular, or recklessly makes a statement, which is false in a material particular, shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) Any person who discloses information in contravention of regulation 14 shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be liable—
(a)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both; and
(b)on summary conviction, to imprisonment not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.
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