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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-conflict-minerals-compliance-northern-ireland-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-conflict-minerals-compliance-northern-ireland-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2020/9780348213539",
  "legislation_title": "The Conflict Minerals (Compliance) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-conflict-minerals-compliance-northern-ireland-eu-exit-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Imposition of civil sanctions",
  "text": "Civil sanctions may be imposed upon a Union importer if, when a power is exercised under regulations 8, 10 or 11, that Union importer—\n(a) without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a notice under regulation 8(1) or 10(1);\n(b) without reasonable excuse, fails to provide the Secretary of State with any other information or assistance that the Secretary of State may reasonably require;\n(c) without reasonable excuse fails to produce a document or record when reasonably required to do so by the Secretary of State;\n(d) knowingly or recklessly provides false or misleading information to the Secretary of State;\n(e) knowingly or recklessly makes a statement that is false or misleading in a material respect;\n(f) intentionally obstructs, including by preventing entry without reasonable excuse, the Secretary of State; or\n(g) otherwise fails to cooperate with the Secretary of State without reasonable excuse.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780348213539/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:48:43.283276+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."
}