{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-act-northern-ireland-2010/section-36",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-act-northern-ireland-2010/section-36.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2010/2",
  "legislation_title": "Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-act-northern-ireland-2010",
  "path": "section/36",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Forgery of documents etc",
  "text": "(1) A person who, with intent to deceive—\n(a) forges, alters or uses a document or other thing to which this section applies;\n(b) lends to, or allows to be used by, any other person a document or other thing to which this section applies; or\n(c) makes or has in the person's possession any document or other thing so closely resembling a document or other thing to which this section applies as to be calculated to deceive;\nis guilty of an offence.\n(2) This section applies to—\n(a) any operator's licence;\n(b) any document, plate, mark or other thing by which, in pursuance of regulations, a vehicle is to be identified as being authorised to be used, or as being used, under an operator's licence;\n(c) any document evidencing the authorisation of any person by the Department for the purposes of this Act;\n(d) any certificate of qualification under section 49;\n(e) any international road haulage permit; and\n(f) such other documents or things as are prescribed.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to a fine or to both.\n(4) In subsection (1) “forges” means makes a false document or other thing in order that it may be used as genuine.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 36 in operation at 1.7.2012 by S.R. 2012/262, art. 2 (with arts. 4-6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2010/2/section/36",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:12.074964+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."
}