PART 4

Community protection
CHAPTER 1

Community protection notices

Failure to comply with notice

Offence of failing to comply with notice
48
1
A person issued with a community protection notice who fails to comply with it commits an offence.
2
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction—
a
to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale, in the case of an individual;
b
to a fine, in the case of a body.
3
A person does not commit an offence under this section if—
a
the person took all reasonable steps to comply with the notice, or
b
there is some other reasonable excuse for the failure to comply with it.
S. 48 in force at 20.10.2014 by S.I. 2014/2590, art. 3(c)
Words in s. 48(2)(b) substituted (12.3.2015) by The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/664), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 45 (with reg. 5(1))