{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2008/section-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2008/section-25.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/32",
  "legislation_title": "Energy Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2008",
  "path": "section/25",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Failure to comply with a direction under section 24",
  "text": "(1) It is an offence for a person to fail to comply with a direction under section 24, unless the person proves that due diligence was exercised in order to avoid the failure.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £50,000a fine, or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to a fine, or both.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 25(2)(a) substituted (E.W.) (12.3.2015) by The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/664), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 42(4) (with reg. 5(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 25 in force at 6.4.2009 by S.I. 2009/45, art. 4(a)(ii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/32/section/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:30.740276+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."
}