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Version date: 24 May 2024 - onwards

315 Offences etc

Destroying or falsifying information

(1) A person ("P") commits an offence if, having been required to give information to the CMA under section 311, P -

(a) intentionally or recklessly destroys or otherwise disposes of it, falsifies or conceals it, or

(b) causes or permits its destruction, disposal, falsification or concealment.

False or misleading information

(2) A person ("P") commits an offence if -

(a) P gives information to the CMA in connection with an information notice under section 311,

(b) the information is false or misleading in a material particular, and

(c) P knows that it is or is reckless as to whether it is.

(3) A person ("P") commits an offence if P gives information to another person which is false or misleading in a material particular and P -

(a) either -

(i) knows the information to be false or misleading in a material particular, or

(ii) is reckless as to whether the information is false or misleading in a material particular, and