SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 19 Offences relating to false or misleading statements or false entries
The Control of Pollution Act 1974
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The M1Control of Pollution Act 1974 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.
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For subsection (5) of section 34 (offences relating to consents for discharge of effluent etc) there shall be substituted—
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A person who, in an application for consent in pursuance of this section, makes any statement which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular or recklessly makes any statement which is false or misleading in a material particular shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—
a
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
b
on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.
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For subsection (3) of section 93 (offences relating to power of authorities to obtain information) there shall be substituted—
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A person who—
a
fails without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirements of a notice served on him in pursuance of this section; or
b
in furnishing any information in compliance with such a notice, makes any statement which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular or recklessly makes any statement which is false or misleading in a material particular,
shall be guilty of an offence.
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A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—
a
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or
b
on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.