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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/unsolicited-services-trade-and-business-directories-act-northern-ireland-2010/section-6",
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  "legislation": "nia/2010/15",
  "legislation_title": "Unsolicited Services (Trade and Business Directories) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/unsolicited-services-trade-and-business-directories-act-northern-ireland-2010",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Offence to demand payment where section 1 contravened",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if, in a case where a payment in respect of a charge would be recoverable from the person in accordance with section 1(1), that person demands payment, or asserts a present or prospective right to payment, of the charge or any part of it, without having reasonable cause to believe that the requirements of section 2, 3, 4 or 5 have been met.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;\n(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine.\n(3) For the purposes of this section any invoice or similar document stating the amount of any payment shall be regarded as asserting a right to the payment unless it complies with the conditions set out in paragraph 4 of the Schedule.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2010/15/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:02.135093+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."
}