{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recall-of-mps-act-2015/schedule-4/paragraph-21",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2015/25",
  "legislation_title": "Recall of MPs Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recall-of-mps-act-2015",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/21",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The following provisions of PPERA 2000 apply in relation to offences under this Schedule as they apply in relation to offences under that Act—\n(a) section 151 (summary proceedings);\n(b) section 152 (offences committed by bodies corporate);\n(c) section 153 (offences committed by unincorporated associations);\n(d) section 154 (court to report convictions to Electoral Commission).\n(2) In paragraphs 12(7)(b)(i), 14(6)(b)(i), 15(5)(b)(i) and 20(5)(b)(i)—\n(a) the reference to the general limit in a magistrates’ court is to be read as a reference to 6 months in relation to an offence committed before 2 May 2022, and\n(b) the reference to a fine is to be read as a reference to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum in relation to an offence committed before section 85(1) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 comes into force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 21(2)(a) substituted (E.W.) (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/149), regs. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1 table"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 21(2)(a) substituted (28.4.2022) by The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 33) and Sentencing Act 2020 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/500), regs. 1(2), 5(1), Sch. Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 21 in force at 4.3.2016 by S.I. 2016/290, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:49.742869+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."
}