{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-tribunals-offences-in-relation-to-proceedings-regulations-2016/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2016/9780111032350",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Tribunals (Offences in Relation to Proceedings) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-tribunals-offences-in-relation-to-proceedings-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Offences in relation to proceedings before the Scottish Tribunals",
  "text": "(1) In any proceedings before the First-tier Tribunal or the Upper Tribunal it is an offence for any person to—\n(a) make a false statement in an application in a case;\n(b) alter, conceal or destroy, or fail to produce, something that is required to be produced in accordance with Tribunal Rules; or\n(c) fail to attend or give evidence, when required to do so in accordance with Tribunal Rules.\n(2) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence—\n(a) under paragraph (1)(a), to prove that the false statement was not knowingly made;\n(b) under paragraph (1)(b), to prove that a thing was not knowingly altered, concealed or destroyed;\n(c) under paragraph (1)(b) or (c), to prove that there was a reasonable excuse for having acted in the way charged.\n(3) A person who commits an offence under paragraph (1) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale (or both);\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or a fine not exceeding £5,000 (or both).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2016/9780111032350/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:34:22.950898+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."
}