Part I Access to the countryside
Chapter I Right of access
Rights and liabilities of owners and occupiers
I1I214 Offence of displaying on access land notices deterring public use.
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.