Article 15 Offences
(1)
In Article 25 of the 1998 Order (offences) after the words “any person who” there shall be inserted “ without reasonable excuse ”.
(2)
In that Article—
(a)
for “level 4” there shall be substituted “ level 5 ”;
(b)
for “three months” there shall be substituted “ six months ”.
(3)
Nothing in paragraph (2) affects the punishment for an offence committed before the coming into operation of that paragraph.