(1)If any person places or maintains—
(a)on or near any access land, or
(b)on or near a way leading to any access land,
a notice containing any false or misleading information likely to deter the public from exercising the right conferred by section 2(1), he is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.
(2)The court before whom a person is convicted of an offence under subsection (1) may, in addition to or in substitution for the imposition of a fine, order him to remove the notice in respect of which he is convicted within such period, not being less than four days, as may be specified in the order.
(3)A person who fails to comply with an order under subsection (2) is guilty of a further offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
Commencement Information
I1S. 14 in force at 19.9.2004 for E. by S.I. 2004/2173, art. 2(1)(d)
I2S. 14 in force at 28.5.2005 for W. by S.I. 2005/423, art. 2(d)