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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1954/31/section/4</dc:identifier><dc:title>Agriculture (Temporary Assistance) Act (Northern Ireland) 1954</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to authorise the making of schemes for giving financial assistance to the agricultural industry in Northern Ireland; and for purposes connected therewith.</dc:description><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2011-05-26</dc:modified><dct:valid>2006-01-01</dct:valid>
					
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				</ukm:Metadata><Primary><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1954/31/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1954/31/body" NumberOfProvisions="5" RestrictStartDate="2006-01-01"><P1group RestrictStartDate="2006-01-01"><Title>Penal provisions.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1954/31/section/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1954/31/section/4" id="section-4"><Pnumber>4</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1954/31/section/4/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1954/31/section/4/1" id="section-4-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Any person who—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1954/31/section/4/1/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1954/31/section/4/1/a" id="section-4-1-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>being required or authorised under or by virtue of a scheme made under this Act to furnish any information or record or account, furnishes any information or record or account which, to his knowledge, is false in a material particular; or</Text></P3para><P3para><Text><Emphasis>Para. (b) rep. by 1969 c. 16 (<Acronym Expansion="Northern Ireland">NI</Acronym>)</Emphasis></Text></P3para></P3><Text>shall be guilty of an offence and shall, without prejudice to the provisions of [<CommentaryRef Ref="c544013"/> Article 10 of the Perjury (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 <MarginNoteRef Ref="m00002"/>], be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding<Addition ChangeId="d30p218" CommentaryRef="c544014"> level 4 on the standard scale</Addition><CommentaryRef Ref="c544014"/> or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1954/31/section/4/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1954/31/section/4/2" id="section-4-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Any person—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1954/31/section/4/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1954/31/section/4/2/a" id="section-4-2-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>who acts in contravention of or neglects or fails to comply with any provision contained in any scheme made under this Act; or</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1954/31/section/4/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1954/31/section/4/2/b" id="section-4-2-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>who obstructs or impedes an officer of the Ministry in the exercise of any power of inspection exercisable under any such scheme</Text></P3para></P3><Text>shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding<Addition ChangeId="d30p242" CommentaryRef="c544014"> level 3 on the standard scale</Addition><CommentaryRef Ref="c544014"/>.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Body></Primary><MarginNotes><MarginNote id="m00002"><Para><Text>1979 NI 19</Text></Para></MarginNote></MarginNotes><Commentaries><Commentary id="c544013" Type="F"><Para><Text>1979 NI 19</Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c544014" Type="F"><Para><Text>1984 NI 3</Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>