{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-protection-act-1975/schedule-10/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-protection-act-1975/schedule-10/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1975/71",
  "legislation_title": "Employment Protection Act 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-protection-act-1975",
  "path": "schedule/10/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The provisions specified in column 1 of the following Table (which create offences) shall each have effect as if the maximum fine which may be imposed on summary conviction of any offence specified in that provision were a fine not exceeding the amount specified in column 3 of that Table instead of a fine not exceeding the amount specified in column 2 of that Table.\nTable\nProvision\nOld maximum fine\nNew maximum fine\nSection 4(1) (failure to pay wages, or arrears, or allow holidays).\n£20 and in addition £1 for each day on which the offence is continued after conviction.\nlevel 3 on the standard scaleand an additional £5 for each day on which the offence is continued after conviction.\nSection 6(6)(payment of unlawful premiums).\n£20\nlevel 3 on the standard scale\nSection 12(6) (hindering officers (paragraph (a)), failure to produce documents or information (paragraph (b)), producing false documents (paragraph (c)) and furnishing false information (paragraph (d))).\n£20\nlevel 3 on the standard scalein the case of an offence under paragraph (a) or (b) and level 5 on the standard scalein the case of an offence under paragraph (c) or (d).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c.21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/71/schedule/10/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:35:56.908860+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."
}