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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-injuries-compensation-northern-ireland-order-2002/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-injuries-compensation-northern-ireland-order-2002/article-17.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2002/0110393708",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Injuries Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-injuries-compensation-northern-ireland-order-2002",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "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) 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 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": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1969 c. 16 (N.I.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2002/0110393708/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:26:18.241809+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."
}