{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-courts-act-2013/schedule-17/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2013/22",
  "legislation_title": "Crime and Courts Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-courts-act-2013",
  "path": "schedule/17/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A DPA must contain a statement of facts relating to the alleged offence, which may include admissions made by P.\n(2) A DPA must specify an expiry date, which is the date on which the DPA ceases to have effect if it has not already been terminated under paragraph 9 (breach).\n(3) The requirements that a DPA may impose on P include, but are not limited to, the following requirements—\n(a) to pay to the prosecutor a financial penalty;\n(b) to compensate victims of the alleged offence;\n(c) to donate money to a charity or other third party;\n(d) to disgorge any profits made by P from the alleged offence;\n(e) to implement a compliance programme or make changes to an existing compliance programme relating to P's policies or to the training of P's employees or both;\n(f) to co-operate in any investigation related to the alleged offence;\n(g) to pay any reasonable costs of the prosecutor in relation to the alleged offence or the DPA.\nThe DPA may impose time limits within which P must comply with the requirements imposed on P.\n(4) The amount of any financial penalty agreed between the prosecutor and P must be broadly comparable to the fine that a court would have imposed on P on conviction for the alleged offence following a guilty plea.\n(5) A DPA may include a term setting out the consequences of a failure by P to comply with any of its terms.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 17 para. 5 in force at 24.2.2014 by S.I. 2014/258, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/22/schedule/17/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:16.888200+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."
}