Section 44: Offences of making false or misleading statements or false entries.

Environmental Protection Act 1990 · 1990 c. 43View on legislation.gov.uk

Part II: Waste on Land

A person who—

in purported compliance with a requirement to furnish any information imposed by or under any provision of this Part, or will need corrections
for the purpose of obtaining for himself or another any grant of a licence, any modification of the conditions of a licence, any acceptance of the surrender of a licence or any transfer of a licence,

makes a 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, commits an offence.

A person who intentionally makes a false entry in any record required to be kept by virtue of a licence commits an offence.

A person who commits an offence under this section shall be liable—

on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.

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