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Recall of MPs Act 2015

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Further provision about offences under this ScheduleU.K.

21(1)The following provisions of PPERA 2000 apply in relation to offences under this Schedule as they apply in relation to offences under that Act—U.K.

(a)section 151 (summary proceedings);

(b)section 152 (offences committed by bodies corporate);

(c)section 153 (offences committed by unincorporated associations);

(d)section 154 (court to report convictions to Electoral Commission).

(2)In paragraphs 12(7)(b)(i), 14(6)(b)(i), 15(5)(b)(i) and 20(5)(b)(i)—

(a)the reference to [F1the general limit in a magistrates’ court] is to be read as a reference to 6 months in relation to an offence committed before [F22 May 2022], and

(b)the reference to a fine is to be read as a reference to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum in relation to an offence committed before section 85(1) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 comes into force.

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