§ 22.—(1) Regulations under this Schedule may provide that a person shall be guilty of an offence if he is required by any provision included under paragraph 4 above to supply information and—
- (a) he fails without reasonable excuse to supply the information in accordance with the provision, or
- (b) in supplying information in purported compliance with the provision he makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular.
§ (2) Regulations under this Schedule may provide that—
- (a) a person shall be guilty of an offence if he is required by any provision included under paragraph 5(1)(d) or (2)(b) above to comply with an attachment of earnings order and fails to do so;
- (b) it shall be a defence for a person charged with such an offence to prove that he took all reasonable steps to comply with the order.
§ (3) Regulations under this Schedule may provide that a person shall be guilty of an offence if he is required by any provision included under paragraph 5(2)(g) or (h) or (3)(a) or (b) above to notify another person and
- (a) he fails without reasonable excuse to notify the other person in accordance with the provision, or
- (b) in notifying the other person in purported compliance with the provision he makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular.
§ (4) Regulations under this Schedule may provide that a person guilty of an offence under any provision included under sub-paragraphs (1) to (3) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding—
- (a) level 2 on the standard scale (where the provision is included under sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (3)(a) above), or
- (b) level 3 on the standard scale (where the provision is included under sub-paragraph (1)(b), (2) or (3)(b) above).
§ (5) References in this paragraph to any provision included under paragraph 4 or 5 above include references to any equivalent provision included under paragraph 12 or 18 above.