Paragraph 2
United Kingdom
A provision of an Assembly Measure cannot create, or confer power by subordinate legislation to create, any criminal offence punishable—
on summary conviction, with imprisonment for a period exceeding the prescribed term or with a fine exceeding the amount specified as level 5 on the standard scale, or
on conviction on indictment, with a period of imprisonment exceeding two years.
In sub-paragraph (1) “the prescribed term” means—
where the offence is a summary offence, 51 weeks, and
where the offence is triable either way, twelve months.
Notes on Part 2
Textual amendments
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Sch. 5 Pt. 2: heading substituted (19.11.2009) by The National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Exceptions to Matters) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3006), art. 2(8)