{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/credit-unions-northern-ireland-order-1985/article-73",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1985/1205",
  "legislation_title": "The Credit Unions (Northern Ireland) Order 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/credit-unions-northern-ireland-order-1985",
  "path": "article/73",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "73",
  "heading": "Offences by credit unions",
  "text": "If any credit union, or any officer or member of a credit union, or any other person—\n(a) contravenes any provision of this Order; or\n(b) in purported compliance with a requirement under this Order, makes a return, or knowingly or recklessly gives information which is false in a material particular;\nthat credit union, officer, member or other person, as the case may be, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1985/1205/article/73",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:48:49.006835+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."
}