PART 1Labour market and illegal working

CHAPTER 1Labour market

LME undertakings and orders: supplementary

27Offence

(1)

A person against whom an LME order is made commits an offence if the person, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with the order.

(2)

A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—

(a)

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, to a fine or to both;

(b)

on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding F1the general limit in a magistrates’ court, to a fine or to both;

(c)

on summary conviction in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both;

(d)

on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.

(3)

In relation to an offence committed before F22 May 2022, the reference in subsection (2)(b) to F3the general limit in a magistrates’ court is to be read as a reference to 6 months.