{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/global-irregular-migration-and-trafficking-in-persons-sanctions-regulations-2025/regulation-42",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/global-irregular-migration-and-trafficking-in-persons-sanctions-regulations-2025/regulation-42.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/902",
  "legislation_title": "The Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Persons Sanctions Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/global-irregular-migration-and-trafficking-in-persons-sanctions-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/42",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "42",
  "heading": "Penalties for offences",
  "text": "(1) A person who commits an offence under any provision of Part 3 (finance) or regulation 30 (finance: licensing offences) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court or a fine (or both);\n(b) on summary conviction in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both);\n(c) on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both);\n(d) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years or a fine (or both).\n(2) A person who commits an offence under regulation 12(6) (confidentiality) or 31 (director disqualification: licensing offences) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court or a fine (or both);\n(b) on summary conviction in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both);\n(c) on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both);\n(d) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or a fine (or both).\n(3) A person who commits an offence under regulation 33(9) or (10) (finance: reporting obligations) or 38 (finance: information offences) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine (or both);\n(b) on summary conviction in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale (or both);\n(c) on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale (or both).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 42 in force at 23.7.2025, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/902/regulation/42",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:12:50.021874+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."
}