{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2013/section-103",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2013/section-103.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2013/32",
  "legislation_title": "Energy Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2013",
  "path": "section/103",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "103",
  "heading": "Duty not to interfere with or misuse certain things provided under statutory requirements",
  "text": "(1) It is an offence intentionally or recklessly to interfere with or misuse anything provided in the interests of health, safety or welfare in pursuance of any of the relevant statutory provisions.\n(2) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction—\n(i) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months (in England and Wales or Scotland) or 6 months (in Northern Ireland),\n(ii) to a fine (in England and Wales) or a fine not exceeding £20,000 (in Scotland or Northern Ireland), or\n(iii) to both;\n(b) on conviction on indictment—\n(i) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years,\n(ii) to a fine, or\n(iii) to both.\n(3) In the application of this section in England and Wales, the reference in subsection (2)(a)(i) to 12 months is to be read as a reference to the general limit in a magistrates’ court (or to 6 months in relation to an offence committed before 2 May 2022).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 103(3) substituted (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/149), regs. 1(2), 26(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 103 in force at 1.4.2014 by S.I. 2014/251, art. 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/32/section/103",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:00.488945+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."
}