Paragraph 6 OffencesI1

England and Wales

(1)

Where a person to whom a stop notice is issued 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 the commencement of F3paragraph 24(2) of Schedule 22 to the Sentencing Act 2020 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 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations (S.I. 2015/664), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 83 (with reg. 5(1))
F2: Words in Sch. 3 para. 6(1)(a) substituted (7.2.2023) by virtue of 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
F3: Words in Sch. 3 para. 6(2) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 446(1) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2
F4: Words in Sch. 3 para. 6(2) substituted (7.2.2023) by virtue of 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

Commencement

I1: Sch. 3 para. 6 in force at 15.7.2010, see art. 1