{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-damage-compensation-northern-ireland-order-1977/article-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-damage-compensation-northern-ireland-order-1977/article-19.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1977/1247",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Damage (Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-damage-compensation-northern-ireland-order-1977",
  "path": "article/19",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) Any person who—\n(a) by any deception (as defined in section 15(4) of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 1969 c.16) obtains compensation or increased compensation for himself or for any other person; or\n(b) for the purposes of obtaining any compensation, knowingly, in or in connection with an application to the Secretary of State or otherwise, makes a false or misleading statement or a statement which he does not believe to be true or fails to disclose a material fact,\nshall be guilty of an offence.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or to both; or\n(b) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or to both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1984 NI 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1977/1247/article/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:53:29.673717+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."
}