{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justification-of-practices-involving-ionising-radiation-regulations-2004/regulation-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justification-of-practices-involving-ionising-radiation-regulations-2004/regulation-24.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1769",
  "legislation_title": "The Justification of Practices Involving Ionising Radiation Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justification-of-practices-involving-ionising-radiation-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/24",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Offences and Penalties",
  "text": "(1) It is an offence for a person—\n(a) to fail without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement imposed by a contravention notice served on him pursuant to regulation 22;\n(b) in providing any information under these Regulations, to—\n(i) make a statement which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular;\n(ii) recklessly make a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular; or\n(iii) produce or provide, or cause to be produced or provided, any document which he knows is false or misleading in a material particular.\n(2) It is an offence for a person—\n(a) intentionally to obstruct the Justifying Authority, or a person to whom the Justifying Authority has (under regulation 27) delegated the enforcement powers under regulation 23, in the exercise or performance of his powers under regulation 23;\n(b) without reasonable excuse—\n(i) to fail to comply with any requirement imposed pursuant to regulation 23;\n(ii) to fail or refuse to provide facilities or assistance or any information or to permit any inspection reasonably required by the Justifying Authority, or a person to whom the Justifying Authority has (under regulation 27) delegated the enforcement powers under regulation 23, in the exercise or performance of his powers under regulation 23;\n(iii) to prevent any other person from appearing before or answering any question required to be answered by the Justifying Authority, or a person to whom the Justifying Authority has (under regulation 27) delegated the enforcement powers under regulation 23, in the exercise or performance of his powers under regulation 23;\n(c) falsely to pretend to be a person to whom the Justifying Authority has (under regulation 27) delegated the enforcement powers under regulation 23.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1769/regulation/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:22:55.767613+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."
}