Paragraph 16 OffenceI1

England and Wales

(1)

Where a person on whom a stop 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 a fine, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding F1the 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 relation to an offence committed before F22nd May 2022, the reference in sub-paragraph (1)(a) to F3the general limit in a magistrates’ court is to be read as a reference to six months.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. para. 16(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
F2: Words in Sch. para. 16(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
F3: Words in Sch. para. 16(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

Commencement

I1: Sch. para. 16 in force at 9.1.2018, see reg. 1(2)