Regulation 4 Penalties for offence of disclosure of restricted information
United Kingdom
A person who commits an offence under regulation 3 is liable—
on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum M1 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both;
on conviction on indictment to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or both.
In England and Wales a prosecution for an offence under regulation 3 may be instituted F1only by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
In Northern Ireland a prosecution for an offence under regulation 3 may be instituted only—
by the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, or
with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in reg. 4(2) substituted (27.3.2014) by The Public Bodies (Merger of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/834), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 36
Marginal citations
- M1
The “statutory maximum” is defined in Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 (c.30) as amended by paragraph 17 of Schedule 4 to the Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.40). It is currently £5,000.