SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Assembly Measures

Part 2F1EXCEPTIONS TO MATTERS AND GENERAL RESTRICTIONS

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Criminal offences

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1

A provision of an Assembly Measure cannot create, or confer power by subordinate legislation to create, any criminal offence punishable—

a

on summary conviction, with imprisonment for a period exceeding the prescribed term or with a fine exceeding the amount specified as level 5 on the standard scale, or

b

on conviction on indictment, with a period of imprisonment exceeding two years.

2

In sub-paragraph (1) “the prescribed term” means—

a

where the offence is a summary offence, 51 weeks, and

b

where the offence is triable either way, twelve months.