Part X

Miscellaneous and general

Provisions relating to offences

Punishment of offences
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1
Schedule 20 makes provision for the punishment of offences under this Act.
2
In relation to an offence under any provision specified in the first column of that Schedule, the second column shows—
a
whether the offence is punishable on summary conviction only or is punishable either on summary conviction or on conviction on indictment; and
b
the maximum punishment (or, in the case of a fine on a conviction on indictment, the punishment) which may be imposed by way of fine or imprisonment on a person convicted of the offence in the way specified;
and, where that column shows two alternative penalties that may be imposed on a person convicted in the way specified, as a further alternative both of those penalties may be imposed on him.
3
In the second column of that Schedule—
a
“Level 5” means a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale;
b
“statutory maximum” means a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; and
c
any reference to 1 year or 6 months is a reference to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or 6 months (as the case may be).