Offences
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15.—(1) In Article 25 of the 1998 Order (offences) after the words “any person who” there shall be inserted “without reasonable excuse”.
(2) In that Article—
(a)for “level 4” there shall be substituted “level 5”;
(b)for “three months” there shall be substituted “six months”.
(3) Nothing in paragraph (2) affects the punishment for an offence committed before the coming into operation of that paragraph.