# The Railway Administration Order Rules 2001, Article 9.18: False claim of status as creditor


(1) Where the Rules provide for creditors of a protected railway company a right to inspect any documents, whether on the court’s file or in the hands of the special railway administrator or other person, it is an offence for a person, with the intention of obtaining a sight of documents which he has not under the Rules any right to inspect, falsely to claim a status which would entitle him to inspect them.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this Rule is liable—
(a) in summary proceedings, to a maximum of six months' imprisonment or a fine of the statutory maximum, or both;
(b) on indictment, to two years' imprisonment or a fine, or both.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3352/article/9.18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/railway-administration-order-rules-2001/article-9.18
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