{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-cycles-etc-ec-type-approval-regulations-1999/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-cycles-etc-ec-type-approval-regulations-1999/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2920",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Cycles Etc. (EC Type Approval) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-cycles-etc-ec-type-approval-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Forgery and deception",
  "text": "(1) A person who, with intent to deceive–\n(a) forges, alters or uses an EC type approval certificate or an EC certificate of conformity, or\n(b) lends an EC type approval certificate or an EC certificate of conformity to another person, or\n(c) allows an EC type approval certificate or an EC certificate of conformity to be used by another person, or\n(d) makes any document so closely resembling an EC type approval certificate or an EC certificate of conformity as to be calculated to deceive, or\n(e) has in his possession any document so closely resembling an EC type approval certificate or an EC certificate of conformity as to be calculated to deceive,\nshall be guilty of an offence.\n(2) A person who commits an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable–\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or to a fine or both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2920/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:37:07.296745+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."
}