{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ground-rents-act-northern-ireland-2001/section-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ground-rents-act-northern-ireland-2001/section-25.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2001/5",
  "legislation_title": "Ground Rents Act (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ground-rents-act-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "section/25",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Civil remedy for misstatement",
  "text": "(1) Subject to subsection (2), where in consequence of any misstatement made in any document made, served or lodged under this Act a person has suffered loss, the person who made the misstatement is liable to damages in respect of the misstatement notwithstanding that the misstatement was not made fraudulently.\n(2) A person is not liable under subsection (1) if he proves that he had reasonable grounds to believe and did believe that the facts represented were true.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2001/5/section/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:51.972692+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."
}