{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-13.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/3",
  "legislation_title": "Equality Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2006",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/13",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if without reasonable excuse he—\n(a) fails to comply with a notice under paragraph 9 or an order under paragraph 12(2),\n(b) falsifies anything provided or produced in accordance with a notice under paragraph 9 or an order under paragraph 12(2), or\n(c) makes a false statement in giving oral evidence in accordance with a notice under paragraph 9.\n(2) A person who is guilty of an offence under this paragraph shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/3/schedule/2/paragraph/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:15:16.673281+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."
}