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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-troubles-legacy-and-reconciliation-act-2023/schedule-7/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-troubles-legacy-and-reconciliation-act-2023/schedule-7/paragraph-2.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/7/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "A person guilty of an offence under this Schedule is liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine or both;\n(b) on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both;\n(c) on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court or a fine or both;\n(d) on summary conviction in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 2 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 63(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 2 in force at 1.5.2024 by S.I. 2024/584, reg. 2(u) (with regs. 3, 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/41/schedule/7/paragraph/2",
    "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."
}