SCHEDULE 3Stop notices

Offences6

1

Where a person on whom a notice is served does not comply with it within the time limit specified in the notice, the person is guilty of an offence and liable—

a

on summary conviction, to F1a fine, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding F3the general limit in a magistrates’ court, or both, or

b

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

2

In the application of this paragraph in relation to an offence committed before F22nd May 2022 the reference in sub-paragraph (1)(a) to F4the general limit in a magistrates’ court is to be read as a reference to six months.