{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-scotland-act-2019/schedule-1/paragraph-16",
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  "legislation": "asp/2019/13",
  "legislation_title": "Planning (Scotland) Act 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-scotland-act-2019",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The maximum penalty that infrastructure-levy regulations can specify for an offence they create is—\n(a) for a summary-only offence—\n(i) a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale,\n(ii) a term of imprisonment not exceeding 12 months, or\n(iii) both,\n(b) for an either-way offence—\n(i) a fine, which may not exceed the statutory maximum on summary conviction,\n(ii) a term of imprisonment not exceeding—\n(A) 12 months on summary conviction,\n(B) 2 years on conviction on indictment, or\n(iii) both.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (1)(b), “either-way offence” means an offence that is triable either on indictment or summary complaint.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2019/13/schedule/1/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:38:39.675864+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."
}