# The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2005/1452/article/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-2005/article-15
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