{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-act-1995/section-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-act-1995/section-39.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/23",
  "legislation_title": "Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-act-1995",
  "path": "section/39",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "False statements.",
  "text": "(1) A person is guilty of an offence if he knowingly makes a false statement for the purpose of—\n(a) obtaining the issue to himself or any other person of an operator’s licence;\n(b) obtaining the variation of any such licence;\n(c) preventing the issue or variation of any such licence;\n(d) procuring the imposition of a condition or limitation in relation to any such licence; or\n(e) obtaining the issue to himself or any other person of a certificate of qualification under section 49 or a certificate or diploma such as is mentioned in paragraph 13(1) or (1A) of Schedule 3.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 39(1)(e) inserted (4.12.2011) by The Road Transport Operator Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2632), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 13 (with Sch. 3 Pt. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/23/section/39",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:04.608535+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."
}