Section I1 Offence of breach of respect orderF1
It is an offence for a person without reasonable excuse—
to do anything the person is prohibited from doing by a respect order, or
to fail to do anything the person is required to do by a respect order.
Subsection (1)(b) does not apply in relation to a failure to comply with an activity requirement unless, within the period of 12 months ending with the date of the failure, the person has been given a warning under section H1 in relation to that requirement.
A person who commits an offence under this section is liable—
on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court or a fine (or both);
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 2 years or a fine (or both).
Where a person is convicted of an offence under this section it is not open to the court by or before which the person is convicted to make, in respect of the offence, an order for conditional discharge.
In proceedings for an offence under this section, a copy of the original order, certified by the proper officer of the court which made it, is admissible as evidence of its having been made and of its contents to the same extent that oral evidence of those things is admissible in those proceedings.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Pt. A1 inserted (26.10.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 1(2), 255(1); S.I. 2026/960, reg. 4(a)