{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006/schedule-5/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/32",
  "legislation_title": "Government of Wales Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A provision of an Assembly Measure cannot create, or confer power by subordinate legislation to create, any criminal offence punishable—\n(a) 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\n(b) on conviction on indictment, with a period of imprisonment exceeding two years.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (1) “the prescribed term” means—\n(a) where the offence is a summary offence, 51 weeks, and\n(b) where the offence is triable either way, twelve months.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/schedule/5/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:14:12.769607+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."
}