{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-investigations-scotland-order-2015/article-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-investigations-scotland-order-2015/article-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/206",
  "legislation_title": "The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Investigations) (Scotland) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-investigations-scotland-order-2015",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse they fail to comply with a requirement imposed on them under a disclosure order.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to—\n(a) imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months;\n(b) a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale; or\n(c) both.\n(3) A person commits an offence if, in purported compliance with a requirement imposed on them under a disclosure order, they—\n(a) make a statement which they know to be false or misleading in a material particular; or\n(b) recklessly make a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (3) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to a fine or to both.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 18 in force at 16.3.2015, see art. 1(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/206/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:48:07.705583+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."
}