{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pneumoconiosis-etc-workers-compensation-act-1979/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pneumoconiosis-etc-workers-compensation-act-1979/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1979/41",
  "legislation_title": "Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pneumoconiosis-etc-workers-compensation-act-1979",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Fraudulent statements etc.",
  "text": "Any person who, for the purpose of obtaining a payment under this Act, whether for himself or some other person—\n(a) knowingly makes any false statement or representation; or\n(b) produces or furnishes or causes or knowingly allows to be produced or furnished any document or information which he knows to be false in a material particular,\nshall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), s. 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), s. 289G (as inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), s. 54)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/41/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:17:12.433655+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."
}