Section 11 Offences relating to notificationI1

England and Wales

(1)

A person commits an offence if the person—

(a)

fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with section 9(1), (3) or (4), or with section 10(5), or

(b)

notifies to the police, in purported compliance with section 9(1), (3) or (4), any information which the person knows to be false.

(2)

A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—

(a)

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding F1the general limit in a magistrates’ court or to a fine or both, or

(b)

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to a fine or both.

(3)

A person commits an offence under subsection (1)(a) on the day on which the person first fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with section 9(1), (3) or (4).

(4)

The person continues to commit the offence throughout any period during which the failure continues.

(5)

But the person may not be prosecuted more than once in respect of the same failure.

(6)

Proceedings for an offence under this section may be commenced in any court having jurisdiction in any place where the person charged with the offence resides or is found.

(7)

In relation to an offence committed before F22 May 2022, the reference in subsection (2)(a) to F3the general limit in a magistrates’ court is to be read as a reference to 6 months.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 11(2)(a) substituted (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
F2: Words in s. 11(7) 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
F3: Words in s. 11(7) substituted (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

Commencement

I1: S. 11 in force at 20.1.2020 by S.I. 2020/26, reg. 2