# The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007, Paragraph 4


An order under paragraph 2 or 3 may—
(a) modify any criminal offence created by this Order;
(b) create any new criminal offence,
but the penalty for an offence created by virtue of this paragraph must not exceed level 5 on the standard scale.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2007/1351/schedule/6/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-northern-ireland-order-2007/schedule-6/paragraph-4
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.