The Export Control (Iran) Order 2011

Penalties

13.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person guilty of an offence under articles 5(a), (b) or (c), 6(2)(a) or 6(3), 7(a) or 12(1) of this Order is liable—

(a) on summary conviction—

(i) in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;

(ii) in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both.

(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or to a fine, or to both.

(2) In relation to an offence committed after the commencement of section 154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003(1), for “six months” in paragraph (1)(b)(i) substitute “twelve months”.

(3) A person guilty of an offence under articles 5(d) to (g), 6(2)(b) or (c), 6(4), 7(b) or (c), 8, 9, 10 or 12(2) of this Order is liable—

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

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

(4) In the case of an offence committed in connection with a prohibition or restriction on exportation in Article 2(1)(a) or (b), Article 3(1) or Article 8(1) of the Regulation, sections 68(3)(b) and 170(3)(b)(2) of the 1979 Act shall have the effect as if for the words “7 years” there were substituted the words “10 years”.

(1)

2003 c.44; at the date of this Order, section 154(1) had not been commenced.

(2)

Sections 68(3)(b) and 170(3)(b) were amended by the Finance Act 1988 (c.39), section 12(1) and (6).