{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-aviation-security-act-1982-civil-penalties-regulations-2015/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-aviation-security-act-1982-civil-penalties-regulations-2015/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111131008",
  "legislation_title": "The Aviation Security Act 1982 (Civil Penalties) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-aviation-security-act-1982-civil-penalties-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Penalty for failure to comply with section 11 of the ASA 1982",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies to a person who—\n(a) is the operator of one or more aircraft registered or operating in the United Kingdom, and\n(b) has been required by a notice under section 11 of the ASA 1982 (power to require information) to provide information relating to an inbound flight.\n(2) The Secretary of State may require the person to pay a penalty if the Secretary of State is satisfied, on a balance of probabilities, that the person—\n(a) has failed to comply with a requirement imposed by the notice, or\n(b) has, in providing any information so required, intentionally or recklessly made a statement that is false in a material particular.\n(3) But—\n(a) the Secretary of State may not require a person to pay a penalty under paragraph (2)(a) if—\n(i) the person shows that there was a reasonable excuse for the failure, or\n(ii) proceedings have been instituted against the person under section 11(5)(a) of the ASA 1982 in respect of the same failure;\n(b) the Secretary of State may not require a person to pay a penalty under paragraph (2)(b) if proceedings have been instituted against the person under section 11(5)(b) of the ASA 1982 or under section 5 of the Perjury Act 1911 (false declarations etc, to obtain registration, etc) in respect of the same false statement.\n(4) A penalty imposed under this regulation may not exceed £50,000.\n(5) The penalty is payable to the Secretary of State on demand.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1911 c.6; see also the Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c.58), section 1(2) which provides for the abolition of hard labour."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111131008/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:09:50.505902+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."
}