(1) Any person who is not the holder of a certificate but who holds himself out as such holder, or any person who, when required under Regulation 7(2) to furnish information to the Committee, furnishes false information, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £500.
(2) Where an offence under this Regulation is committed by a body corporate and is proved to have been so committed with the consent or connivance of or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of a director, manager, secretary or other officer of the body corporate, the director, manager, secretary or other officer or any person purporting to act in such capacity shall also be deemed to have committed the offence and he, as well as the body corporate, shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence.