19 Offences
1 Any person who—
(a) by any deception (as defined in section 15(4) of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 ) obtains compensation or increased compensation for himself or for any other person; or
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(b) for the purposes of obtaining any compensation, knowingly, in or in connection with an application to the Secretary of State or otherwise, makes a false or misleading statement or a statement which he does not believe to be true or fails to disclose a material fact,
shall be guilty of an offence.
2 A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable—
(a) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or to both; or
(b) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or to both.
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