{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-injuries-compensation-northern-ireland-order-1988/article-20",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1988/793",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Injuries (Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-injuries-compensation-northern-ireland-order-1988",
  "path": "article/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) Any person who—\n(a) by any deception (as defined in section 15(4) of the 1969 c. 16 (N.I.)Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969) obtains compensation or in-creased 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, shall 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 5 years, or to both; or\n(b) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or to both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1988/793/article/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:47:45.264158+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."
}