It is an offence for a person, in response to an information notice—
to make a statement which the person knows to be false in a material respect, or
recklessly to make a statement which is false in a material respect.
Section 144: False statements made in response to information notices
Data Protection Act 2018 · 2018 c. 12View on legislation.gov.uk
Part 6: Enforcement
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