Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Act 2021

False statements on oath made otherwise than in judicial or other proceedings

5. (1) Any person required or authorised by law to make any statement on oath for any purpose, and being lawfully sworn (otherwise than in judicial or other proceedings) who gives or causes to be given, or adduces or causes to be adduced, a statement material for that purpose that—

(a) is false in any material respect, and

(b) he or she knows to be false,

commits an offence.

(2) A person who gives or causes to be given, or adduces or causes to be adduced, an affidavit for the purposes of the Bills of Sale (Ireland) Acts 1879 and 1883 that—

(a) is false in any material aspect, and

(b) he or she knows to be false,

commits an offence.