{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-natural-environment-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-24",
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  "legislation": "nia/2011/15",
  "legislation_title": "Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-natural-environment-act-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "section/24",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) In Article 27 of the Wildlife Order (penalties) for paragraphs (1) to (6) substitute—\n“(1) Subject to paragraph (7), a person guilty of an offence under—\n(a) any of Articles 4 to 14,\n(b) Article 15B,\n(c) Article 16,\n(d) Part 3,\n(e) Article 24, or\n(f) Article 25B(7),\nshall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under Article 15 or 15A shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to a fine, or to both.\n(3) Except in a case falling within paragraph (4), a person guilty of an offence under Article 25A(4), 25B(8) or 25C(7) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under Article 25B(8) or 25C(7)(a) in relation to a wildlife inspector entering premises to ascertain whether an offence under Article 15 or 15A is being or has been committed shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine.”.\n(2) This section does not apply in relation to an offence committed before this section comes into operation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/15/section/24",
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  },
  "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."
}