{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996/section-171",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996/section-171.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/52",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996",
  "path": "section/171",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "171",
  "heading": "False statements and withholding information.",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if, in connection with the exercise by a local housing authority of their functions under this Part—\n(a) he knowingly or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular, or\n(b) he knowingly withholds information which the authority have reasonably required him to give in connection with the exercise of those functions.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is 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/1996/52/section/171",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:29:46.595645+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."
}