{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/company-directors-disqualification-northern-ireland-order-2002/article-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/company-directors-disqualification-northern-ireland-order-2002/article-18.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/2002/3150",
  "legislation_title": "The Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/company-directors-disqualification-northern-ireland-order-2002",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "If a person acts in contravention of a disqualification order or disqualification undertaking, or in contravention of Article ... 16(2) or 17, he shall be guilty of an offence ; and any person guilty of an offence under this Article or Article 15 or 15A shall be liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine, or both; and\n(b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for not more than 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in art. 18 omitted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 38(3)(a), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 18 substituted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 38(3)(b), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(z2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2002/3150/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:40:31.864982+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."
}