{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-troubles-legacy-and-reconciliation-act-2023/schedule-4/paragraph-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-troubles-legacy-and-reconciliation-act-2023/schedule-4/paragraph-11.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/41",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-troubles-legacy-and-reconciliation-act-2023",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/11",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) A person who is guilty of an offence under this Part of this Schedule is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level three on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the relevant maximum, or to both.\n(2) In this Part of this Schedule “relevant maximum” means—\n(a) in Northern Ireland, six months;\n(b) in England and Wales, 51 weeks;\n(c) in Scotland, 12 months.\n(3) In relation to an offence committed before the commencement of section 281(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (alteration of penalties for summary offences), the reference in sub-paragraph (2)(b) to 51 weeks is to be read as a reference to six months.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 11 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 63(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 11 in force at 1.5.2024 by S.I. 2024/584, reg. 2(j) (with regs. 3, 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/41/schedule/4/paragraph/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:51:56.215171+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."
}