# Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, Section 14: Offence of displaying on access land notices deterring public use.


(1) If any person places or maintains—
(a) on or near any access land, or
(b) on or near a way leading to any access land,
a notice containing any false or misleading information likely to deter the public from exercising the right conferred by section 2(1), he is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.
(2) The court before whom a person is convicted of an offence under subsection (1) may, in addition to or in substitution for the imposition of a fine, order him to remove the notice in respect of which he is convicted within such period, not being less than four days, as may be specified in the order.
(3) A person who fails to comply with an order under subsection (2) is guilty of a further offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/37/section/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-and-rights-of-way-act-2000/section-14
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.