{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-homes-northern-ireland-order-1992/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-homes-northern-ireland-order-1992/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1992/3204",
  "legislation_title": "The Registered Homes (Northern Ireland) Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-homes-northern-ireland-order-1992",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Offence to hold out premises as residential care home unless registered",
  "text": "(1) A person who, with intent to deceive any person,—\n(a) applies any name to premises; or\n(b) in any way so describes premises or holds premises out,\nas to indicate, or reasonably be understood to indicate, that the premises are a residential care home shall be guilty of an offence unless registration has been effected under this Part in respect of the premises.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 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/nisi/1992/3204/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:44:59.397494+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."
}