Sentencing Act 2020, Section 36 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 08 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)It is an offence for an individual to fail without reasonable excuse to comply with a financial circumstances order.
(2)An individual who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(3)It is an offence for an individual, in furnishing any statement in pursuance of a financial circumstances order—
(a)to make a statement which the individual knows to be false in a material particular,
(b)recklessly to furnish a statement which is false in a material particular, or
(c)knowingly to fail to disclose any material fact.
(4)An individual who is guilty of an offence under subsection (3) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
(5)Proceedings for an offence under subsection (3) may be commenced at any time which is both—
(a)within 2 years from the date of the offence, and
(b)within 6 months from its first discovery by the prosecutor.
This subsection has effect despite anything in section 127(1) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (limitation of time).
Commencement Information
I1S. 36 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2
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