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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-and-water-services-scotland-act-2003/schedule-2A/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "asp/2003/3",
  "legislation_title": "Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-and-water-services-scotland-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/2A/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The regulations may provide for any such offence as is mentioned in paragraph 1 to be triable—\n(a) only summarily,\n(b) either summarily or on indictment.\n(2) The regulations may provide for such an offence which is triable only summarily to be punishable on conviction by—\n(a) imprisonment for a term not exceeding such period as is specified (which must not exceed 12 months), or\n(b) a fine not exceeding such amount as is specified (which must not exceed level 5 on the standard scale),\nor both.\n(3) The regulations may provide for any such offence which is triable either summarily or on indictment to be punishable—\n(a) on summary conviction, by—\n(i) imprisonment for a term not exceeding such period as is specified (which must not exceed 12 months), or\n(ii) a fine not exceeding such amount as is specified (which must not exceed the statutory maximum),\nor both,\n(b) on conviction on indictment by—\n(i) imprisonment for a term not exceeding such period as is specified (which must not exceed 2 years), or\n(ii) a fine,\nor both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2A inserted (1.1.2015) by Reservoirs (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 9), ss. 109(2), 116(1) (with s. 110); S.S.I. 2014/348, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/3/schedule/2A/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:54.686695+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."
}