Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003, Cross Heading: Supplementary is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 30 May 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2A inserted (1.1.2015) by Reservoirs (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 9), ss. 109(2), 116(1) (with s. 110); S.S.I. 2014/348, art. 2, Sch.
4(1)The regulations may provide for any such offence as is mentioned in paragraph 1 to be triable—S
(a)only summarily,
(b)either summarily or on indictment.
(2)The regulations may provide for such an offence which is triable only summarily to be punishable on conviction by—
(a)imprisonment for a term not exceeding such period as is specified (which must not exceed 12 months), or
(b)a fine not exceeding such amount as is specified (which must not exceed level 5 on the standard scale),
or both.
(3)The regulations may provide for any such offence which is triable either summarily or on indictment to be punishable—
(a)on summary conviction, by—
(i)imprisonment for a term not exceeding such period as is specified (which must not exceed 12 months), or
(ii)a fine not exceeding such amount as is specified (which must not exceed the statutory maximum),
or both,
(b)on conviction on indictment by—
(i)imprisonment for a term not exceeding such period as is specified (which must not exceed 2 years), or
(ii)a fine,
or both.]
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