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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1997/section-153",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/8",
  "legislation_title": "Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1997",
  "path": "section/153",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "153",
  "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 150 or 151 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) shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, and\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or a fine, or both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/8/section/153",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:28:15.132338+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."
}