PART 8Offences and penalties

CHAPTER 1Offences

Offences relating to isolation requirements and contact tracingI140

1

A person who—

a

contravenes a requirement in regulation 6(2), 7(2), 8(2), 9(2) F1, 11A(2)F4, 11AA(2) or 12, or

b

without reasonable excuse, contravenes a requirement in regulation 6(3), 7(3), 8(3) F2, 9(3) F5, 11A(3) or 11AA(3),

commits an offence.

2

It is an offence for a person (“P”) to give false or misleading information to a contact tracer—

a

under regulation 6(3), 7(3), 8(3) F3, 9(3) F6, 11A(3) or 11AA(3), or

b

about—

i

P's contact information, or

ii

persons with whom P may have had close contact,

where P knows the information is false or misleading, or P is reckless as to whether the information is false or misleading.

3

In paragraph (2), “close contact” has the same meaning as in Part 3.