{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-accession-of-croatia-immigration-and-worker-authorisation-regulations-2013/regulation-17",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2013/9780111539156",
  "legislation_title": "The Accession of Croatia (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-accession-of-croatia-immigration-and-worker-authorisation-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Deception - employee offence",
  "text": "(1) A person is guilty of an offence if, by means which include deception by him, he obtains or seeks to obtain a worker authorisation registration certificate.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under this regulation shall be liable on summary conviction—\n(a) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months;\n(b) to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale; or\n(c) to both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111539156/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:49:55.359017+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."
}