# The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2010, Paragraph 4: Offence of failure to comply with restrictions under paragraphs 2 and 3


(1) A person is guilty of an offence—
(a) if they fail to comply with any of the restrictions imposed under paragraph 2 or 3, or
(b) if they are an appropriate supervisor of a person (P) who fails to comply with any of those restrictions and they failed to take appropriate steps.
(2) P is not guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (1) if—
(a) P has an appropriate supervisor, and
(b) P has complied with all the requirements imposed on P by the appropriate supervisor.
(3) A person who is not P or an appropriate supervisor is not guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (1) if they take all reasonable steps to ensure that they comply with the restrictions.
(4) For the purposes of this paragraph—
(a) an appropriate supervisor is a person who is a director of a company or concerned in the management of an organisation in which P is employed or under whose direction or control P is;
(b) appropriate steps are such steps as it was reasonable for the appropriate supervisor to take to secure the operation of procedures designed to prevent, so far as reasonably practicable, the occurrence of a failure to comply with the restrictions.
(5) A person guilty of an offence as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2977/schedule/2A/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-northern-ireland-order-2010/schedule-2A/paragraph-4
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