Section 192 | Criminal liability of responsible persons: no prosecution of recipient

(1)Subsection (2) applies where a body corporate or partnership that is the recipient of an information notice—

(a)fails to comply with the notice, or

(b)in purporting to comply with the notice, carelessly or deliberately provides inaccurate information.

(2)If the recipient’s failure or careless or deliberate provision of inaccurate information—

(a)occurred with the consent or connivance of a responsible person, or

(b)is attributable to the neglect of a responsible person,

the responsible person commits an offence.

(3)It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (2) to show that they or the recipient had a reasonable excuse.

(4)In this section—

(a)a reference to carelessness is a reference to a failure to take reasonable care, and

(b)“responsible person” has the same meaning as in section 191.

(5)This section does not apply in respect of a notice under section 183 (financial institutions).