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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-1205",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-1205.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/46",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006",
  "path": "section/1205",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1205",
  "heading": "Criminal consequences of failure to make required disclosure",
  "text": "(1) A person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with the requirements of—\nsection 1202 (disclosure required: business documents etc), or\nsection 1204 (disclosure required: business premises),\ncommits an offence.\n(2) Where an offence under this section is committed by a body corporate, an offence is also committed by every officer of the body who is in default.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-tenth of level 3 on the standard scale.\n(4) References in this section to the requirements of section 1202 or 1204 include the requirements of regulations under that section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/1205",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:40.060156+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."
}