SCHEDULES

F4SCHEDULE 5ATerrorist financing investigations: disclosure orders

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Amendments (Textual)
F4

Sch. 5A Pt. 1 inserted (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 31.1.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c. 22), s. 58(1)(6), Sch. 2 para. 3; S.I. 2018/78, reg. 3(bb)

Part 1England and Wales and Northern Ireland

C7C3C6C4C1C2C511Offences

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 F2the general limit in a magistrates’ court, 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 F32 May 2022, the reference in sub-paragraph (4)(b) to F1the general limit in a magistrates’ court is to be read as a reference to 6 months.