PART IVOFFENCES
Amendments of Acts and Orders
19. The amendments set out in Schedule 2 shall have effect.
Forgery and deception
20.—(1) A person who, with intent to deceive–
(a)forges, alters or uses an EC type approval certificate or an EC certificate of conformity, or
(b)lends an EC type approval certificate or an EC certificate of conformity to another person, or
(c)allows an EC type approval certificate or an EC certificate of conformity to be used by another person, or
(d)makes any document so closely resembling an EC type approval certificate or an EC certificate of conformity as to be calculated to deceive, or
(e)has in his possession any document so closely resembling an EC type approval certificate or an EC certificate of conformity as to be calculated to deceive,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) A person who commits an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable–
(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or
(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or to a fine or both.
False statements and documents
21. A person who, in supplying information or producing documents for the purposes of these Regulations–
(a)makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular, or
(b)recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular, or
(c)produces, provides, sends or otherwise makes use of a document which he knows to be false in a material particular, or
(d)recklessly produces, provides, sends or otherwise makes use of a document which is false in a material particular,
shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.