{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006/section-34",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/47",
  "legislation_title": "Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006",
  "path": "section/34",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Declarations under sections 30 and 32",
  "text": "(1) An individual commits an offence if, in an application made for the purposes of section 30 or 32—\n(a) he makes a false declaration, and\n(b) he either knows that it is false or is reckless as to whether it is false.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2012/9",
      "affecting_title": "Protection of Freedoms Act 2012"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/47/section/34",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:33.775292+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."
}