{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/port-security-regulations-2009/regulation-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/port-security-regulations-2009/regulation-31.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2048",
  "legislation_title": "The Port Security Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/port-security-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/31",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Offence of making a false statement in relation to baggage, cargo or stores",
  "text": "(1) It is an offence for any person without lawful authority or reasonable excuse to make a statement which that person knows to be false in a material particular, or recklessly make a statement which is false in a material particular, in answer to a question which—\n(a) relates to any baggage, cargo or stores, whether or not belonging to that person, that is intended for carriage by sea—\n(i) by a United Kingdom ship; or\n(ii) by any other ship to or from the United Kingdom; and\n(b) is put to that person for purposes to which these Regulations apply by any of the persons listed in paragraph (2).\n(2) The persons referred to in paragraph (1)(b) are—\n(a) a constable,\n(b) an officer of the UK Border Agency, an executive agency of the Home Office,\n(c) a port security officer,\n(d) a port facility security officer,\n(e) a directed party,\n(f) a security manager,\nor a person acting on behalf of a port security officer, port facility security officer, directed party or security manager.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under this regulation is 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/2009/2048/regulation/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:07:37.619667+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."
}