{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-northern-ireland-order-1993/article-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-northern-ireland-order-1993/article-27.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1993/2665",
  "legislation_title": "The Agriculture (Northern Ireland) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-northern-ireland-order-1993",
  "path": "article/27",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "False statements to obtain payments",
  "text": "Any person who, for the purpose of obtaining a payment under a scheme under Article 26 for himself or another, knowingly or recklessly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material respect shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1993/2665/article/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:44:51.459907+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}