{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1972-repealed-2751997/section-90C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1972-repealed-2751997/section-90C.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/52",
  "legislation_title": "Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (repealed 27.5.1997)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1972-repealed-2751997",
  "path": "section/90C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "90C",
  "heading": "Offences.",
  "text": "(1) If any person, for the purpose of procuring a particular decision on an application (whether by himself or another) for the issue of a certificate under section 90 or 90A of this Act—\n(a) knowingly or recklessly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular;\n(b) with intent to deceive, uses any document which is false or misleading in a material particular; or\n(c) with intent to deceive, withholds any material information,\nhe shall be guilty of an offence.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) of this section shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 90-90C and cross heading substituted for s. 90 (10.8.1992 for certain purposes under s. 90B, otherwise 25.9.1992) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:2), s. 42(1) (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1992/1937, arts.3, 4 (with art. 5)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/52/section/90C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:48:43.298883+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."
}