{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/schedule-3/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/schedule-3/paragraph-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/32",
  "legislation_title": "National Security Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if without reasonable excuse the person fails to comply with a requirement imposed under a disclosure order.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (1) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the maximum term for summary offences or a fine (or both);\n(b) on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale (or both).\n(3) A person commits an offence if, in purported compliance with a requirement imposed under a disclosure order, the person—\n(a) makes a statement which the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or\n(b) recklessly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (3) is liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or a fine (or both);\n(b) on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court or a fine (or both);\n(c) on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 7 not in force at Royal Assent, see 100(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 7 in force at 20.12.2023 by S.I. 2023/1272, reg. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/32/schedule/3/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:52:07.318384+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."
}