{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-health-act-1981/section-69",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-health-act-1981/section-69.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/22",
  "legislation_title": "Animal Health Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-health-act-1981",
  "path": "section/69",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "69",
  "heading": "Falsely obtaining licences etc.",
  "text": "A person is guilty of an offence against this Act—\n(a) who for the purpose of obtaining a licence, certificate or instrument makes a declaration or statement false in any material particular, or\n(b) who obtains or endeavours to obtain a licence, certificate or instrument by means of a false pretence,\nunless he shows to the court’s satisfaction that he did not know of that falsity, and that he could not with reasonable diligence have obtained knowledge of it.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 69 applied (E.) (28.10.2005 at 12.00 p.m.) by Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures in Zoos) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2990), regs. 1, 7(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 69 applied (S.) (28.10.2005 at midnight) by Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures in Zoos) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/531), regs. 1(1), 7(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 69 applied (E.) (28.10.2005 at 12.00 p.m.) by Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2989), regs. 1, 10(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 69 applied (W.) (28.10.2005 at 17:20) by The Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2985), regs. 1, 10(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 69 applied (W.) (28.10.2005 at 17:20) by The Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures in Zoos) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2984), regs. 1, 7(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "S. 69 applied (S.) (28.10.2005 at midnight) by Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/530), regs. 1(1), 10(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "S. 69 applied (W.) (9.12.2005) by The Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures in Zoos) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3385), regs. 1, 7(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "S. 69 applied (E.) (9.12.2005) by Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (No.2) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3394), regs. 1(2), 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C9",
      "text": "S. 69 applied (W.) (9.12.2005) by The Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3384), regs. 1, 10(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C10",
      "text": "S. 69 applied (with modifications) (W.) (1.2.2006) by The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Control of Vaccination) (Wales) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/180), regs. 1(2), 36(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C11",
      "text": "S. 69 modified (E.) (23.2.2006) by Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Control of Vaccination) (England) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/183), regs. 1(2), 37(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C12",
      "text": "S. 69 applied (S.) (23.2.2006) by Foot and Mouth Disease (Slaughter and Vaccination) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/45), regs. 1(1), 41(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C13",
      "text": "S. 69 applied (with modifications) (S.) (1.7.2006) by Avian Influenza (Slaughter and Vaccination) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/337), regs. 1(2), 26(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C14",
      "text": "S. 69 applied (with modifications) (W.) (6.7.2006) by The Avian Influenza (Vaccination) (Wales) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1761), regs. 1(2), 18(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C15",
      "text": "S. 69 applied (with modifications) (W.) (13.11.2006) by Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (Wales) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2803), regs. 1(1), 20(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C16",
      "text": "S. 69 applied (E.) (13.11.2006) by The Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (England) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2701), regs. 1(2), 20(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C17",
      "text": "S. 69 applied (with modifications) (W.) (14.11.2006) by The Avian Influenza (Vaccination) (Wales) (No.2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2932), regs. 1(2), 21(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C18",
      "text": "S. 69 applied (with modifications) (E.) (14.11.2006) by The Avian Influenza (Vaccination) (England) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2703), regs. 1(2), 21(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C19",
      "text": "S. 69 applied (S.) (25.1.2007) by Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/606), regs. 1(b), 28(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/22/section/69",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:14:14.497777+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."
}