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Section 82L Failure to comply with notice under section 82F or 82HF1

United Kingdom

(1)

It is an offence for a person to fail to comply with—

(a)

an emergency safety notice, or

(b)

an immediate action notice,

within the time allowed (within the meaning of section 82G(1)).

(2)

A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—

(a)

on summary conviction, to F2a fine not exceeding £50,000a fine, or

(b)

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to a fine, or both.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Pt. 4A inserted (12.11.2009 for specified purposes, 6.4.2011 in so far as not already in force) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), ss. 314(1), 324(1)(c), 324(1)(d); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(c)

F2

Words in s. 82L(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(7) (with reg. 5(1))