{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-and-security-northern-ireland-act-2007/schedule-4/paragraph-12",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/6",
  "legislation_title": "Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-and-security-northern-ireland-act-2007",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if he obtains compensation or increased compensation for himself or another person by deception.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (1) “deception” means any deception (whether deliberate or reckless) by words or conduct as to fact or as to law, including a deception as to the present intentions of the person using the deception or any other person.\n(3) A person commits an offence if for the purposes of obtaining compensation he—\n(a) knowingly makes a false or misleading statement,\n(b) makes a statement which he does not believe to be true, or\n(c) knowingly fails to disclose a material fact.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under this paragraph shall be liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, to a fine or to both, or\n(b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/6/schedule/4/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:55.493954+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."
}