Schedules
Schedule 1Voter identification
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1
Section 13CZA (provision of false information: application for electoral identity card), as extended by paragraph 38 of this Schedule, is amended as follows.
2
For subsection (1) substitute—
1
A person commits an offence if the person provides false information in connection with—
a
an application under section 13BD for an electoral identity document,
b
an application under section 13BE for an anonymous elector’s document, or
c
an application under section 13C for an electoral identity card.
3
For subsection (5) substitute—
5
A person who commits an offence under this section is liable—
a
on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks or a fine (or both);
b
on summary conviction in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both);
c
on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale (or both).
6
In relation to an offence committed before section 281(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 comes into force, the reference in subsection (5)(a) to 51 weeks is to be read as a reference to six months.
4
In the heading, after “application for” insert “electoral identity document, anonymous elector’s document or”
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