Schedules

Schedule 3U.K.Disclosure orders

Part 2U.K.Scotland

OffencesU.K.

16(1)A person commits an offence if without reasonable excuse the person fails to comply with a requirement imposed under a disclosure order.

(2)A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale (or both).

(3)A person commits an offence if, in purported compliance with a requirement imposed under a disclosure order, the person—

(a)makes a statement which the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or

(b)recklessly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular.

(4)A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (3) is liable—

(a)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine (or both);

(b)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both).

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 3 para. 16 not in force at Royal Assent, see 100(1)

I2Sch. 3 para. 16 in force at 20.12.2023 by S.I. 2023/1272, reg. 2(a)