Paragraph 6 Offences

United Kingdom

(1)

Where a person on whom a notice is served does not comply with it within the time limit specified in the notice, the person is guilty of an offence and liable—

(a)

on summary conviction, to F1a fine, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding F2the general limit in a magistrates’ court, or both, or

(b)

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

(2)

In the application of this paragraph in relation to an offence committed before F32nd May 2022 the reference in sub-paragraph (1)(a) to F4the general limit in a magistrates’ court is to be read as a reference to six months.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 3 para. 6(1)(a) substituted (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. 81 (with reg. 5(1))
F2: Words in Sch. 3 para. 6(1)(a) 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), 2(2), Sch. Pt. 2 table
F3: Words in Sch. 3 para. 6(2) substituted (28.4.2022) by The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 33) and Sentencing Act 2020 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/500), regs. 1(2), 5(2), Sch. Pt. 2
F4: Words in Sch. 3 para. 6(2) 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), 2(2), Sch. Pt. 2 table