Legislation – Employment Rights Act 2025
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Part 5Enforcement of labour market legislation
Offences
140Offence of providing false information or documents
(1)
A person commits an offence if—
(a)
the person produces, or knowingly causes or allows to be produced, any information or document in response to a requirement reasonably made by a person in the exercise of a power conferred by this Part,
(b)
the information or document is false in a material respect, and
(c)
the person knows that it is or is reckless as to whether it is.
(2)
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a)
on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the maximum term for summary offences or a fine, or both;
(b)
on summary conviction in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both;
(c)
on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both.
(3)
(a)
in the case of an offence committed before the time when section 281(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 comes into force, 6 months;
(b)
in the case of an offence committed after that time, 51 weeks.