Part VIII Schemes for Exemption and Financial Assistance
Financial assistance in respect of F1reserve forces
87 Offences in connection with claims for payments.
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Any person who, in connection with a claim by another person under regulations under section 83F2, 84 or 84A, fails without reasonable excuse to provide information which he is required to provide by the regulations is guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale (or both).
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Any person who, in connection with a claim under regulations under section 83F3, 84 or 84A, knowingly or recklessly provides information which is false or misleading in a material particular is guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale (or both).
Words in s. 83 cross-heading substituted (5.9.2014) by Defence Reform Act 2014 (c. 20), s. 50(1), Sch. 7 para. 2 (with s. 49(4), Sch. 7 para. 12(3)); S.I. 2014/2370, art. 3