{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-safety-wales-act-2026/section-101",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-safety-wales-act-2026/section-101.json",
  "legislation": "asc/2026/5",
  "legislation_title": "Building Safety (Wales) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-safety-wales-act-2026",
  "path": "section/101",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "101",
  "heading": "Notices: offences",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if the person—\n(a) fails to comply with an information notice given to the person;\n(b) fails to comply with a compliance notice given to the person;\n(c) contravenes a prohibition or restriction contained in a prohibition notice;\n(d) fails to comply with section 98(6) (steps to be taken by recipient of prohibition notice).\n(2) In proceedings against a person for an offence under subsection (1) it is a defence for the person to prove that the person had a reasonable excuse for the failure or contravention.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding the applicable limit under section 224(1A)(b) of the Sentencing Code, or both;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or both.\n(4) A person who has been convicted of an offence under subsection (1) commits a further offence if the failure or contravention continues after the conviction.\n(5) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (4) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale for each day on which the failure or contravention continues.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 101 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 138(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/5",
      "affecting_title": "Building Safety (Wales) Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/5/section/101",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:38.263160+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."
}