Immigration Act 2016

Notices and orders: offences

11 (1) A person who without reasonable excuse remains on or enters premises in contravention of an illegal working closure notice commits an offence.

(2) A person who without reasonable excuse contravenes an illegal working compliance order commits an offence.

(3) A person who without reasonable excuse obstructs a person acting under paragraph 4 or paragraph 10 commits an offence.

(4) A person guilty of an offence under this paragraph is liable on summary conviction—

(a) in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks, to a fine or to both;

(b) in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both;

(c) in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both.

(5) In relation to an offence committed before section 281(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 comes into force, the reference in sub-paragraph (4)(a) to 51 weeks is to be read as a reference to 6 months.