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Emergencies Act 2004
191False alarm of fire, emergency or other incident
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191 False alarm of fire, emergency or other incident A person commits an offence if the person— (a) intentionally gives a false alarm of fire, or an emergency or other incident; and (b) is reckless about whether it would— (i) cause a person to fear that there is a fire, emergency or other incident; or (ii) cause an emergency service to respond to the alarm.