SCHEDULE 4OFFENCES

Prosecutions for illegal payments etc.26

1

A person guilty of an offence of illegal employment under paragraph 14 or illegal payment under paragraph 15 is, on summary conviction, liable to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale; and on a prosecution for such an offence it is sufficient to allege that the person charged was guilty of an illegal employment or payment as the case may be.

2

Any person charged with an offence of illegal employment or payment may be found guilty of that offence, notwithstanding that the act constituting the offence amounted to a corrupt or illegal practice.