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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-protection-northern-ireland-order-1987/article-31",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1987/2049",
  "legislation_title": "The Consumer Protection (Northern Ireland) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-protection-northern-ireland-order-1987",
  "path": "article/31",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Liability of persons other than principal offender",
  "text": "Where the commission by any person of an offence to which Article 30(1) applies is due to an act or default committed by some other person in the course of any business of his, the other person shall be guilty of the offence and may be proceeded against and punished by virtue of this Article whether or not proceedings are taken against the first‐mentioned person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1987/2049/article/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:47:50.630284+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."
}