{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-vulnerable-groups-scotland-act-2007-consequential-provisions-order-2010/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-vulnerable-groups-scotland-act-2007-consequential-provisions-order-2010/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2660",
  "legislation_title": "The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-vulnerable-groups-scotland-act-2007-consequential-provisions-order-2010",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Duty to provide information: offence",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if—\n(a) the person is required under article 6 to provide the Scottish Ministers with any information; and\n(b) the person fails, without reasonable excuse, to provide the information.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the amount specified as level 5 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 7 in force at 28.2.2011, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2660/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:31:17.400498+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."
}