PART 6OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF LAND

CHAPTER 2COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE LEVY

Enforcement of CIL

192Offences

(1)

Provision about enforcement in CIL regulations may include provision—

(a)

creating a criminal offence;

(b)

conferring a power to prosecute an offence.

(2)

The regulations may not provide for—

(a)

imprisonment for a term exceeding the maximum term for summary offences, on conviction for a summary offence,

(b)

imprisonment for a term exceeding the applicable limit under section 224(1A)(b) of the Sentencing Code, on summary conviction for an offence triable either way, or

(c)

imprisonment for a term exceeding 2 years, on conviction on indictment.

(3)

In subsection (2)(a) “the maximum term for summary offences” means—

(a)

in relation to an offence committed before section 281(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) comes into force, 6 months;

(b)

in relation to an offence committed after it comes into force, 51 weeks.