OffencesU.K.
[F111(1)A person commits an offence if without reasonable excuse the person fails to comply with a requirement imposed under a disclosure order.
(2)A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (1) is liable—
(a)on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks, or to a fine, or to both;
(b)on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.
(3)A person commits an offence if, in purported compliance with a requirement imposed under a disclosure order, the person—
(a)makes a statement which the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or
(b)recklessly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular.
(4)A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (3) is liable—
(a)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or to a fine, or to both;
(b)on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or to a fine, or to both;
(c)on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both.
(5)In relation to an offence committed before the coming into force of section 281(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (alteration of penalties for certain summary offences), the reference in sub-paragraph (2)(a) to 51 weeks is to be read as a reference to 6 months.
(6)In relation to an offence committed before the coming into force of section 282 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (increase in maximum sentence on summary conviction of offence triable either way), the reference in sub-paragraph (4)(b) to 12 months is to be read as a reference to 6 months.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 5A Pt. 1 inserted (E.W.N.I.) (27.4.2017 for specified purposes) by Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c. 22), s. 58(1)(6), Sch. 2 para. 3