Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015

22.

Forged and altered documents

22. (1) A person who forges or utters knowing it to be forged a certificate or other document purporting to be issued under this Part (in this section referred to as “a forged document”) commits an offence.

(2) A person who alters with intent to defraud or deceive, or utters knowing it to be so altered, a certificate or other document issued under this Part (in this section referred to as “an altered document”) commits an offence.

(3) A person who has, without lawful authority, in his or her possession a forged document or an altered document commits an offence.

(4) A person who aids or abets the commission of an offence under this section commits an offence.

(5) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a class A fine or to imprisonment for a term of not exceeding one month or to both.