{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disclosure-scotland-act-2020/section-41",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disclosure-scotland-act-2020/section-41.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2020/13",
  "legislation_title": "Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disclosure-scotland-act-2020",
  "path": "section/41",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "41",
  "heading": "Falsification of a Level 1 or Level 2 disclosure",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if the person, with intent to deceive—\n(a) makes a document that purports to be a Level 1 disclosure or a Level 2 disclosure,\n(b) alters a Level 1 disclosure or Level 2 disclosure,\n(c) uses, or allows another person to use, a Level 1 disclosure or Level 2 disclosure in a way that suggests that it relates to an individual other than the one who is the subject of the Level 1 disclosure or Level 2 disclosure.\n(2) A person commits an offence if the person knowingly makes a false or misleading statement for the purpose of obtaining, or enabling another person to obtain, a Level 1 disclosure or Level 2 disclosure.\n(3) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale (or both).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 41 in force at 1.4.2025 by S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3(1)(2), sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/13/section/41",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:12:45.762032+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."
}