Paragraph 3 C1

United Kingdom

(1)

Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, regulations—

(a)

may provide for the creation of offences and for their punishment on summary conviction or on conviction on indictment, and

(b)

may afford, in respect of any description of offence created by the regulations, such defence (if any) as may be prescribed.

(2)

The punishment for an offence created by regulations shall be—

(a)

F1on summary conviction a fine not exceeding £1,000,

(b)

on conviction on indictment imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or a fine, or both,

but without prejudice to any further restriction contained in the regulations on the punishments which can be awarded and without prejudice to the exclusion by the regulations of proceedings on indictment.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words substituted by Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (c. 39), Sch. 6 Pt. VI para. 20

Modifications

C1: Sch. 5 para. 3 amended by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 49(1)

Notes on Schedule 5

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 5 repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12 (with s. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)