PART 3Enforcement

Offences15

1

A person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the requirements of—

a

regulation 4,

b

regulation 5 or 7,

c

regulation 6, or

d

an enforcement notice,

shall be guilty of an offence.

2

A person who intentionally obstructs an enforcement officer who is acting pursuant to any provision of this Part shall be guilty of an offence.

3

A person who is subject to a requirement imposed under regulation 10 or 11(3)(d), (4) or (5) to provide information, documents or records (or copies of information, documents or records) shall be guilty of an offence—

a

if that person fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with that requirement; or

b

if—

i

any information, document or record which that person provides in response to that requirement is false or misleading in a material respect; or

ii

any statement which that person makes in response to that requirement is false or misleading in a material respect,

and that person either knows that it is false or misleading in a material respect or is reckless as to whether it is false or misleading in a material respect.