Offences and penalties
18.—(1) A person is guilty of an offence if—
(a)for the purposes of obtaining financial assistance for himself or any other person he knowingly or recklessly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular; or
(b)he intentionally obstructs an authorised person (or a person accompanying him and acting under his instructions) in the exercise of his powers under regulation 9.
(2) A person who is guilty of an offence shall be liable—
(a)in the case of an offence under paragraph (1)(a)—
(i)on conviction on indictment, to a fine; or
(ii)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; and
(b)in the case of an offence under paragraph (1)(b), to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.