{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insurance-brokers-registration-act-1977-repealed/section-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insurance-brokers-registration-act-1977-repealed/section-22.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/46",
  "legislation_title": "Insurance Brokers (Registration) Act 1977 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insurance-brokers-registration-act-1977-repealed",
  "path": "section/22",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Penalty for pretending to be registered etc.",
  "text": "(1) Any individual who wilfully—\n(a) takes or uses any style, title or description which consists of or includes the expression “insurance broker” when he is not registered in the register, or\n(b) takes or uses any name, title, addition or description falsely implying, or otherwise pretends, that he is registered in the register,\nshall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £400, or on conviction on indictment to a fine.\n(2) Any body corporate which wilfully—\n(a) takes or uses any style, title or description which consists of or includes the expression “insurance broker” when it is not enrolled in the list, or\n(b) takes or uses any name, title, addition or description falsely implying, or otherwise pretends, that it is enrolled in the list,\nshall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £400, or on conviction on indictment to a fine.\n(3) References in this section to the expression “insurance broker” include references to the following related expressions, that is to say “assurance broker”, “reinsurance broker” and “reassurance broker”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/46/section/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:24:09.506458+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."
}