Paragraph 14 I1

(1)

A person who wilfully alters, suppresses or destroys a document which the person has been required to produce under paragraph 9 is guilty of an offence.

(2)

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

(a)

on summary conviction—

(i)

in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding F1the general limit in a magistrates’ court (or 6 months, if the offence was committed before F22 May 2022) or a fine, or both;

(ii)

in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both;

(iii)

in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both;

(b)

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

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 5 para. 14(2)(a)(i) 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(1), Sch. Pt. 1 table
F2: Words in Sch. 5 para. 14(2)(a)(i) 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(1), Sch. Pt. 1

Commencement

I1: Sch. 5 para. 14 in force at 1.3.2014 by S.I. 2014/377, art. 2(1)(a), Sch. Pt. 1