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The Nicaragua (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2019

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12.—(1) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 9 or 10 is liable—

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

(b)on summary conviction—

(i)to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the relevant maximum; or

(ii)to a fine, which in Scotland or Northern Ireland may not exceed the statutory maximum,

or to both.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph 1(5) or paragraph 4(1) of the Schedule (information provisions) is liable on summary conviction—

(a)to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the relevant maximum; or

(b)to a fine, which in Scotland or Northern Ireland may not exceed the statutory maximum,

or to both.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation, “the relevant maximum” is—

(a)in England and Wales, twelve months (or, in relation to offences committed before section 154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003(1) (general limit on magistrates’ court’s power to impose imprisonment) comes into force, six months),

(b)in Scotland, twelve months,

(c)in Northern Ireland, six months.

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