PART 6U.K.OFFENCES

Imitation of official petition noticeU.K.

126.—(1) A person must not, for the purpose of promoting or procuring the success or failure of a petition, issue any official petition notice or a document so closely resembling an official petition notice as to be calculated to deceive.

(2) An offence under this regulation is an illegal practice.

(3) Paragraph (3) of regulation 125 (broadcasting from outside the United Kingdom) applies as if an offence under this regulation were an offence under that regulation.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 126 in force at 4.3.2016, see reg. 1