Article 1(3)
SCHEDULE 2Application of Articles 24 and 25 to the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in the Island of Cyprus
1. Any person guilty of an offence under article 4, 5(3), 6 or 7(3) is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years, or to a fine, or to both.
2. Any person guilty of an offence under article 9(4), 13(3)(b)(ii), 20 or 21 or paragraph 4(b) or (d) of Schedule 5, is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine, or to both.
3. Any person guilty of an offence under article 13(3)(a), 13(3)(b)(i), 13(3)(c), 22(4) or paragraph 4(a) or (c) of Schedule 5 is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to a fine not exceeding £5000 or its equivalent, or to both.
4. Any person guilty of an offence under article 8 or 9(3) is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding £5000 or its equivalent.
5. If an offence under this Order committed by a body corporate is shown-
(a)to have been committed with the consent or connivance of an officer of the body corporate, or
(b)to be attributable to any neglect on the part of an officer of the body corporate,
the officer, as well as the body corporate, is guilty of the offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
6. Proceedings against any person for an offence under this Order may be taken before the appropriate court in the Territory having jurisdiction in the place where that person is for the time being.
7. No proceedings for an offence under this Order shall be instituted in the Territory except by or with the consent of the Attorney General and Legal Adviser.
8. Irrespective of whether consent under paragraph 7 has been obtained, paragraph 7 does not prevent—
(a)the arrest, or the issue or execution of a warrant for the arrest, of any person in respect of such an offence; or
(b)the remand in custody or on bail of any person charged with such an offence.