{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-2016/schedule-6/paragraph-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-2016/schedule-6/paragraph-11.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2016/19",
  "legislation_title": "Immigration Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-2016",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/11",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A person who without reasonable excuse remains on or enters premises in contravention of an illegal working closure notice commits an offence.\n(2) A person who without reasonable excuse contravenes an illegal working compliance order commits an offence.\n(3) A person who without reasonable excuse obstructs a person acting under paragraph 4 or paragraph 10 commits an offence.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under this paragraph is liable on summary conviction—\n(a) in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks, to a fine or to both;\n(b) in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both;\n(c) in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both.\n(5) In relation to an offence committed before section 281(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 comes into force, the reference in sub-paragraph (4)(a) to 51 weeks is to be read as a reference to 6 months.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 11 in force at 1.12.2016 by S.I. 2016/1037, reg. 5(j)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/19/schedule/6/paragraph/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:15.186979+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."
}