{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supply-chain-development-programme-grant-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supply-chain-development-programme-grant-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-19.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2008/296",
  "legislation_title": "Supply Chain Development Programme Grant Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supply-chain-development-programme-grant-regulations-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "regulation/19",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Offences and penalties",
  "text": "(1) A person is guilty of an offence if—\n(a) for the purposes of obtaining financial support for himself or any other person under these Regulations he knowingly or recklessly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular; or\n(b) he intentionally obstructs an authorised person (or a person accompanying him and acting under his instructions) in the exercise of his powers under regulation 10.\n(2) A person who is guilty of an offence shall be liable—\n(a) in the case of an offence under paragraph (1)(a)—\n(i) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or\n(ii) on conviction on indictment, to a fine; and\n(b) in the case of an offence under paragraph (1)(b), on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked (with savings) (5.10.2015) by The Rural Development Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/326), regs. 1, 22, Sch. 2 (with reg. 22(3)(e))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 19 in operation at 21.8.2008, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/296/regulation/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:35:32.664853+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."
}