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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-fire-and-rescue-services-northern-ireland-order-2006/article-23",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2006/0110800257",
  "legislation_title": "The Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-fire-and-rescue-services-northern-ireland-order-2006",
  "path": "article/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "False alarms",
  "text": "(1) A person who knowingly gives or causes to be given to a person acting on behalf of the Board a false alarm of—\n(a) fire;\n(b) a road traffic accident; or\n(c) an emergency of another kind,\nshall be guilty of an offence.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2006/0110800257/article/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:20:05.391364+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."
}