{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-2025/section-139",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-2025/section-139.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2025/36",
  "legislation_title": "Employment Rights Act 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-2025",
  "path": "section/139",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "139",
  "heading": "Offence of failing to comply with LME order",
  "text": "(1) A person in relation to whom an LME order is made commits an offence if the person, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with the order.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court or a fine, or both;\n(b) on summary conviction in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both;\n(c) on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both;\n(d) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or a fine, or both.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 139 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 159(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 139 in force at 7.4.2026 by S.I. 2026/323, reg. 4(1)(40)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/36/section/139",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:33:14.747207+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."
}