{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-phytophthora-ramorum-england-no-2-order-2002/article-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-phytophthora-ramorum-england-no-2-order-2002/article-14.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2573",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Health (Phytophthora ramorum) (England) (No. 2) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-health-phytophthora-ramorum-england-no-2-order-2002",
  "path": "article/14",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) A person shall be guilty of an offence if, without reasonable excuse, proof of which shall lie on him—\n(a) he contravenes or fails to comply with articles 3(b), 5, 7(2), 8(1); or\n(b) he intentionally obstructs an inspector in the exercise of his powers given by or under article 13(1)(b) or (2).\n(2) A person shall be guilty of an offence if, for the purpose of procuring the authority to issue a plant passport under this Order, he:\n(a) makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular;\n(b) recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular; or\n(c) intentionally fails to disclose any material information.\n(3) A person shall be guilty of an offence if he dishonestly issues a false plant passport under this Order.\n(4) A person shall be guilty of an offence if he dishonestly alters a plant passport affixed to susceptible material or re-uses a plant passport for susceptible material which is not the material for which the plant passport was issued.\n(5) A person guilty of an offence under this article shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2573/article/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:48:20.504706+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."
}