{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-enforcement-powers-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-enforcement-powers-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-19.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2012/258",
  "legislation_title": "The Goods Vehicles (Enforcement Powers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-enforcement-powers-regulations-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "regulation/19",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Offences as to securing possession of property",
  "text": "(1) Where a person makes a declaration with a view to securing the return of a vehicle and the declaration is that the vehicle was not being, or had not been, used in contravention of section 1 of the 2010 Act, and the declaration is to the person’s knowledge either false or in any way material respect misleading, that person is guilty of an offence.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; and\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to a fine or to both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/258/regulation/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:15:04.286479+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."
}