Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006

Offences

9 (1) A section 87 order may create offences in relation to—

(a) failing to comply with a requirement relating to registration;

(b) obstructing an authorised officer exercising a power of entry;

(c) failing to comply with a requirement to provide information or produce documents;

(d) neglecting or failing to comply with a requirement to attend to give evidence;

(e) providing false or misleading information to a board or an authorised officer.

(2) If a section 87 order creates an offence by virtue of sub-paragraph (1), the order—

(a) must provide for the offence to be triable only summarily, and

(b) may not provide for the offence to be punishable with imprisonment.

(3) A section 87 order—

(a) may make provision enabling proceedings for an offence under the order to be brought within the period of 6 months beginning with the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the prosecutor to warrant the proceedings came to his knowledge, but

(b) may not authorise the commencement of proceedings for such an offence more than 2 years after the date on which the offence was committed.