{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/andrey-lugovoy-and-dmitri-kovtun-freezing-order-2020/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/andrey-lugovoy-and-dmitri-kovtun-freezing-order-2020/article-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/36",
  "legislation_title": "The Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitri Kovtun Freezing Order 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/andrey-lugovoy-and-dmitri-kovtun-freezing-order-2020",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) A person guilty of an offence under article 5 is liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years or to a fine, or to both;\n(b) on summary conviction—\n(i) in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court (or, in relation to offences committed before 2nd May 2022, 6 months) or to a fine, or to both;\n(ii) in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;\n(iii) in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under article 7 or under the Schedule is liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to a fine, or to both;\n(b) on summary conviction—\n(i) in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court (or, in relation to offences committed before 2nd May 2022, 6 months) or to a fine, or to both;\n(ii) in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;\n(iii) in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 9(1)(b)(i) substituted (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/149), regs. 1(2), 2(2), Sch. Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 9(1)(b)(i) substituted (28.4.2022) by The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 33) and Sentencing Act 2020 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/500), regs. 1(2), 5(2), Sch. Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 9(2)(b)(i) substituted (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/149), regs. 1(2), 2(2), Sch. Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in art. 9(2)(b)(i) substituted (28.4.2022) by The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 33) and Sentencing Act 2020 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/500), regs. 1(2), 5(2), Sch. Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 9 in force at 19.1.2020, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/36/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:34:43.367955+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."
}