Part 40Company directors: foreign disqualification etc

Power to disqualify

I11186Offence of breach of disqualification

1

Regulations under section 1184 may provide that a person disqualified under this Part who acts in breach of the disqualification commits an offence.

2

The regulations may provide that a person guilty of such an offence is liable—

a

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine (or both);

b

on summary conviction—

i

in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding F3the general limit in a magistrates’ court or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both);

ii

in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both).

3

In relation to an offence committed before F12 May 2022, for “F2the general limit in a magistrates’ court” in subsection (2)(b)(i) substitute “ six months ”.