{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/payment-and-electronic-money-institution-insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2021/article-247",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2021/1178",
  "legislation_title": "The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/payment-and-electronic-money-institution-insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2021",
  "path": "article/247",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "247",
  "heading": "False representation of status for purpose of inspecting documents",
  "text": "(1) It is an offence for a person who does not have a right under these Rules to inspect a relevant document falsely to claim to be a creditor, customer, member of the institution or contributory of the institution with the intention of gaining sight of the relevant document.\n(2) A relevant document is one which is on the court file or in the hands of the administrator or any other person and which a creditor, customer, member of the institution or contributory of the institution has a right to inspect under these Rules.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under this rule is liable to imprisonment or a fine, or both, as set out in the Schedule.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 247 in force at 12.11.2021, see rule 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1178/article/247",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:07:52.488380+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."
}