{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/biomass-processing-challenge-fund-regulations-northern-ireland-2010/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/biomass-processing-challenge-fund-regulations-northern-ireland-2010/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2010/217",
  "legislation_title": "Biomass Processing Challenge Fund Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/biomass-processing-challenge-fund-regulations-northern-ireland-2010",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Offences and penalties",
  "text": "(1) A person is guilty of an offence if—\n(a) for the purposes of obtaining financial support for himself or any other person under these Regulations he knowingly or recklessly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular; or\n(b) he intentionally obstructs an authorised person (or a person accompanying him and acting under his instructions) in the exercise of his powers under regulation 9.\n(2) A person who is guilty of an offence shall be liable—\n(a) in the case of an offence under paragraph (1)(a)—\n(i) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or\n(ii) on conviction on indictment, to a fine; and\n(b) in the case of an offence under paragraph (1)(b), on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 15 in operation at 31.7.2010, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2010/217/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:26:33.591298+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."
}