# Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023, Paragraph 2: Offence relating to failure to comply with summons under paragraph 1

Extent: E+W

(1) It is an offence for a person to—
(a) refuse or deliberately fail to comply with a requirement of a summons under paragraph 1, or
(b) deliberately alter, suppress, conceal or destroy a document the person is required, or is liable to be required, to produce under that paragraph.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale or imprisonment for a term not exceeding the maximum term for summary offences, or both.
(3) In sub-paragraph (2) “the maximum term for summary offences” means—
(a) in relation to an offence committed before section 281(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) comes into force, 6 months;
(b) in relation to an offence committed after it comes into force, 51 weeks.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2023/3/schedule/6/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/historic-environment-wales-act-2023/schedule-6/paragraph-2
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