{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981/section-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981/section-17.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/69",
  "legislation_title": "Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "False statements made for obtaining registration , identification number or licence etc. False statements made for obtaining registration or licence etc.",
  "text": "A person who, for the purposes of obtaining, whether for himself or another, a registration in accordance with regulations made under section 6(2) or 7(1) , an identification number under section 11A(4) or the grant of a licence under section 16 or 16AA—\n(a) makes a statement or representation, or furnishes a document or information, which he knows to be false in a material particular; or\n(b) recklessly makes a statement or representation, or furnishes a document or information, which is false in a material particular,\nshall be guilty of an offence.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 17 repealed (E.W.) (30.1.2001) by 2000 c. 37, ss. 102, 103(2), Sch. 16 Pt. IV"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 17 inserted (S.) (22.11.2012) by Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6), ss. 13(5)(b), 43(1) (with s. 41(1)); S.S.I. 2011/433, art. 2(3A)(b) (as inserted by S.S.I. 2012/281, art. 2(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 17 substituted (S.) (25.11.2024) by Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 4), ss. 6(5)(a), 35(2) (with s. 30); S.S.I. 2024/267, reg. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 17 inserted (S.) (22.7.2024) by Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 4), ss. 10(4), 35(2) (with s. 30); S.S.I. 2024/168, sch. Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 17 heading substituted (S.) (25.11.2024) by Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 4), ss. 6(5)(b), 35(2) (with s. 30); S.S.I. 2024/267, reg. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 17 heading inserted (S.) (22.11.2012) by Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6), ss. 13(5)(a), 43(1) (with s. 41(1)); S.S.I. 2011/433, art. 2(3A)(b) (as inserted by S.S.I. 2012/281, art. 2(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word inserted",
      "affecting": "asp/2024/4",
      "affecting_title": "Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/69/section/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:30:49.503545+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."
}