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<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-1"><num>1</num><heading>Health and safety offences: mode of trial and maximum penalty</heading><subsection eId="section-1-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p><mod>In section 33 of the Health and Safety at Work <abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr> Act 1974 (c. 37) (offences), for subsections (1A) to (4) there is substituted—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(2)</num><content><p>Schedule 3A (which specifies the mode of trial and maximum penalty applicable to offences under this section and the existing statutory provisions) has effect.</p></content></subsection><subsection><num>(3)</num><content><p>Schedule 3A is subject to any provision made by virtue of section 15(6)(c) or (d).</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-1-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>After Schedule 3 to that Act there is inserted the Schedule 3A set out in Schedule 1 to this Act.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-1-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In Article 31 of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (<abbr class="acronym" title="Statutory Instrument">S.I.</abbr> 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)) (offences), for paragraphs (1A) to (5) there is substituted—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><paragraph><num>(2)</num><content><p>Schedule 3A (which specifies the mode of trial and maximum penalty applicable to offences under this Article and the existing statutory provisions) has effect.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph><num>(3)</num><content><p>Schedule 3A is subject to any provision made by virtue of Article 17(6)(c) or (d).</p></content></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-1-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>After Schedule 3 to that Order there is inserted the Schedule 3A set out in Schedule 2 to this Act.</p></content></subsection></section>
<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-2"><num>2</num><heading>Consequential amendments and repeals</heading><subsection eId="section-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Schedules 3 (consequential amendments) and 4 (repeals) have effect.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State may make any amendments to existing regulations that he or she considers necessary or expedient in consequence of the amendments made by section 1(1) and (2).</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>The power conferred by subsection (2) is exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>The Department concerned (within the meaning given in Article 2(2) of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (<abbr class="acronym" title="Statutory Instrument">S.I.</abbr> 1978/1039 (N.I. 9))) may make any amendments to existing regulations that it considers necessary or expedient in consequence of the amendments made by section 1(3) and (4).</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>The power conferred by subsection (4) is exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (<abbr class="acronym" title="Statutory Instrument">S.I.</abbr> 1979/1573 (N.I. 12)).</p><p>Such a rule is subject to negative resolution within the meaning of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33 (N.I.)).</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-existing-regulations" eId="term-existing-regulations">existing regulations</term>” means regulations made before the passing of this Act.</p></content></subsection></section>
<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-3"><num>3</num><heading>Short title, commencement and extent</heading><subsection eId="section-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>This Act may be cited as the Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>This Act comes into force at the end of the period of three months beginning with the day on which it is passed.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>This Act does not apply to offences committed before it comes into force.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>This Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland (except that an amendment or repeal made by this Act has the same extent as the provision to which it relates).</p></content></subsection></section>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:default="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="schedules"><heading>SCHEDULES</heading><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-1"><num>SCHEDULE 1<authorialNote class="referenceNote"><p>Section 1(2)</p></authorialNote></num><heading>New Schedule 3A to the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974</heading><content><p><mod><quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="default"><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="d25e243"><num>SCHEDULE 3A</num><heading>OFFENCES: MODE OF TRIAL AND MAXIMUM PENALTY</heading><paragraph eId="d25e250" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content><p>The mode of trial and maximum penalty applicable to each offence listed in the first column of the following table are as set out opposite that offence in the subsequent columns of the table.</p><tblock class="table" ukl:Orientation="portrait"><foreign><default:table xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><default:thead><default:tr><default:th><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Offence</p></default:th><default:th><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Mode of trial</p></default:th><default:th><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Penalty on summary conviction</p></default:th><default:th><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Penalty on conviction on indictment</p></default:th></default:tr></default:thead><default:tbody><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under section 33(1)(a) consisting of a failure to discharge a duty to which a person is subject by virtue of sections 2 to 6.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under section 33(1)(a) consisting of a failure to discharge a duty to which a person is subject by virtue of section 7.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under section 33(1)(b) consisting of a contravention of section 8.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under section 33(1)(b) consisting of a contravention of section 9.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">A fine not exceeding £20,000.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">A fine.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under section 33(1)(c).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under section 33(1)(d).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily only.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">A fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.</p></default:td><default:td/></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under section 33(1)(e), (f) or (g).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under section 33(1)(h).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily only.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks (in England and Wales) or 12 months (in Scotland), or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both.</p></default:td><default:td/></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under section 33(1)(i).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">A fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">A fine.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under section 33(1)(j).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under section 33(1)(k), (l) or (m).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under section 33(1)(n).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily only.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">A fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.</p></default:td><default:td/></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under section 33(1)(o).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under the existing statutory provisions for which no other penalty is specified.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr></default:tbody></default:table></foreign></tblock></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="d25e393" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="d25e397"><num>(1)</num><content><p>This paragraph makes transitional modifications of the table as it applies to England and Wales.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="d25e403"><num>(2)</num><content><p>In relation to an offence committed before the commencement of section 154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (general limit on magistrates' court’s powers to imprison), a reference to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months is to be read as a reference to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="d25e409"><num>(3)</num><content><p>In relation to an offence committed before the commencement of section 281(5) of that Act (alteration of penalties for summary offences), a reference to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks is to be read as a reference to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-2"><num>SCHEDULE 2<authorialNote class="referenceNote"><p>Section 1(4)</p></authorialNote></num><heading>New Schedule 3A to the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978</heading><content><p><mod><quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="default"><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="d25e425"><num>SCHEDULE 3A</num><heading>OFFENCES: MODE OF TRIAL AND MAXIMUM PENALTY</heading><content><p>The mode of trial and maximum penalty applicable to each offence listed in the first column of the following table are as set out opposite that offence in the subsequent columns of the table.</p><tblock class="table" ukl:Orientation="portrait"><foreign><default:table xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><default:thead><default:tr><default:th><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Offence</p></default:th><default:th><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Mode of trial</p></default:th><default:th><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Penalty on summary conviction</p></default:th><default:th><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Penalty on conviction on indictment</p></default:th></default:tr></default:thead><default:tbody><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under Article 31(1)(a) consisting of a failure to discharge a duty to which a person is subject by virtue of Articles 4 to 7.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under Article 31(1)(a) consisting of a failure to discharge a duty to which a person is subject by virtue of Article 8.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under Article 31(1)(b) consisting of a contravention of Article 9.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under Article 31(1)(b) consisting of a contravention of Article 10.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">A fine not exceeding £20,000.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">A fine.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under Article 31(1)(c).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under Article 31(1)(d).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily only.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">A fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.</p></default:td><default:td/></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under Article 31(1)(e), (f) or (g).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under Article 31(1)(h).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily only.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both.</p></default:td><default:td/></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under Article 31(1)(i).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">A fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">A fine.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under Article 31(1)(j).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under Article 31(1)(k), (l) or (m).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under Article 31(1)(n).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily only.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">A fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.</p></default:td><default:td/></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under Article 31(1)(o).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under the existing statutory provisions for which no other penalty is specified.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr></default:tbody></default:table></foreign></tblock></content></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-3"><num>SCHEDULE 3<authorialNote class="referenceNote"><p>Section 2</p></authorialNote></num><heading>Consequential amendments</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Explosives Act <ref eId="c00006" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1875/17">1875 (c. 17)</ref></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-1-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>In section 40(9)(d) (importation of certain explosives) so far as that provision continues to apply, despite its repeal, by virtue of—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-1-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>regulation 27(17) of the Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations 2005 (<ref eId="c00007" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1082">S.I. 2005/1082</ref>), or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-1-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>regulation 26(18) of the Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (<ref eId="c00008" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2006/425">S.R. 2006/425</ref>),</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>the reference to penalties specified in section 33(3) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 or Article 31(4) of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 is to be read as a reference to penalties specified in the final item of Schedule 3A to that Act or Schedule 3A to that Order (mode of trial and penalty for offence under “existing statutory provisions” for which no other penalty is specified).</p></wrapUp></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-1-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In section 43 (specially dangerous explosives)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-1-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in the sentence beginning “A person who manufactures” as it extends to England and Wales and Scotland, for “and liable to the penalties specified in section 33(3) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974” there is substituted “and liable as mentioned in the final item of Schedule 3A to the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (mode of trial and penalty for offence under “existing statutory provisions” for which no other penalty is specified)”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-1-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in that sentence as it extends to Northern Ireland, for “and liable to the penalties specified in Article 31(4) of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978” there is substituted “and liable as mentioned in the final item of Schedule 3A to the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (mode of trial and penalty for offence under “existing statutory provisions” for which no other penalty is specified)”;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-3-paragraph-1-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>in the sentence beginning “If any explosive is imported or sold”, for “and liable to the penalties specified in section 33(3) of” there is substituted “and liable as mentioned in the final item of Schedule 3A to”.</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Health and Safety at Work etc. Act <ref eId="c00009" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1974/37">1974 (c. 37)</ref></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>In section 15 (health and safety regulations), subsection (6)(e) is omitted.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In section 42 (remedy and forfeiture), after subsection (3) there is inserted—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection eId="d25e662"><num>(3A)</num><content><p>Subsection (4) applies where a person is convicted of an offence consisting of acquiring or attempting to acquire, possessing or using an explosive article or substance (within the meaning of any of the relevant statutory provisions) in contravention of any of the relevant statutory provisions.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>In subsection (4) of that section, for the words from “a person” to “there mentioned” there is substituted “the person is convicted of the offence”.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (<ref eId="c00010" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1978/1039">S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)</ref>)</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>In Article 17 (health and safety regulations), paragraph (6)(e) is omitted.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-3-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In Article 39 (remedy and forfeiture), after paragraph (3) there is inserted—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><paragraph eId="d25e697"><num>(3A)</num><content><p>Paragraph (4) applies where a person is convicted of an offence consisting of acquiring or attempting to acquire, possessing or using an explosive article or substance (within the meaning of any of the relevant statutory provisions) in contravention of any of the relevant statutory provisions.</p></content></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-3-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>In paragraph (4) of that Article, for the words from “a person” to “there mentioned” there is substituted “the person is convicted of the offence”.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Activity Centres (Young Persons' Safety) Act <ref eId="c00011" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/15">1995 (c. 15)</ref></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><content><p>In section 2 (offences), in subsection (4)(f), for “, and (2) to (4)” there is substituted “and (2) (and the related provisions of Schedule 3A)”.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Activity Centres (Young Persons' Safety) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (<ref eId="c00012" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1998/1069">S.I. 1998/1069 (N.I. 5)</ref>)</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><content><p>In Article 4 (offences), in paragraph (4)(f), for “, (2), (2A), (4) and (5)” there is substituted “and (2) (and the related provisions of Schedule 3A)”.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-4"><num>SCHEDULE 4<authorialNote class="referenceNote"><p>Section 2</p></authorialNote></num><heading>Repeals</heading><content><tblock class="table" ukl:Orientation="portrait"><foreign><default:table xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><default:thead><default:tr><default:th><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Short title and reference</p></default:th><default:th><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Extent of repeal</p></default:th></default:tr></default:thead><default:tbody><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Health and Safety at Work etc. Act <ref eId="c00013" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1974/37">1974 (c. 37)</ref></p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Section 15(6)(e).</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (<ref eId="c00014" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1978/1039">S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)</ref>)</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Article 17(6)(e).</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Offshore Safety Act <ref eId="c00015" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/15">1992 (c. 15)</ref></p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Section 4.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Offshore, and Pipelines, Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (<ref eId="c00016" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1992/1728">S.I. 1992/1728 (N.I. 17)</ref>)</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Article 6.</p></default:td></default:tr></default:tbody></default:table></foreign></tblock></content></hcontainer></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:default="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="schedules" eId="schedules"><heading>SCHEDULES</heading><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-1"><num>SCHEDULE 1<authorialNote class="referenceNote"><p>Section 1(2)</p></authorialNote></num><heading>New Schedule 3A to the Health and Safety at Work <abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr> Act 1974</heading><content><p><mod><quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><hcontainer name="schedule"><num>SCHEDULE 3A</num><heading>OFFENCES: MODE OF TRIAL AND MAXIMUM PENALTY</heading><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content><p>The mode of trial and maximum penalty applicable to each offence listed in the first column of the following table are as set out opposite that offence in the subsequent columns of the table.</p><tblock class="table" ukl:Orientation="portrait"><foreign><default:table xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><default:tbody><default:tr><default:th><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0"><i>Offence</i></p></default:th><default:th><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0"><i>Mode of trial</i></p></default:th><default:th><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0"><i>Penalty on summary conviction</i></p></default:th><default:th><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0"><i>Penalty on conviction on indictment</i></p></default:th></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under section 33(1)(a) consisting of a failure to discharge a duty to which a person is subject by virtue of sections 2 to 6.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under section 33(1)(a) consisting of a failure to discharge a duty to which a person is subject by virtue of section 7.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under section 33(1)(b) consisting of a contravention of section 8.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under section 33(1)(b) consisting of a contravention of section 9.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">A fine not exceeding £20,000.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">A fine.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under section 33(1)(c).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under section 33(1)(d).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily only.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">A fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.</p></default:td><default:td/></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under section 33(1)(e), (f) or (g).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under section 33(1)(h).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily only.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks (in England and Wales) or 12 months (in Scotland), or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both.</p></default:td><default:td/></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under section 33(1)(i).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">A fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">A fine.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under section 33(1)(j).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under section 33(1)(k), (l) or (m).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under section 33(1)(n).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily only.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">A fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.</p></default:td><default:td/></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under section 33(1)(o).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under the existing statutory provisions for which no other penalty is specified.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr></default:tbody></default:table></foreign></tblock></content></paragraph><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph><num>(1)</num><content><p>This paragraph makes transitional modifications of the table as it applies to England and Wales.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(2)</num><content><p>In relation to an offence committed before the commencement of section 154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (general limit on magistrates' court's powers to imprison), a reference to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months is to be read as a reference to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(3)</num><content><p>In relation to an offence committed before the commencement of section 281(5) of that Act (alteration of penalties for summary offences), a reference to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks is to be read as a reference to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-2"><num>SCHEDULE 2<authorialNote class="referenceNote"><p>Section 1(4)</p></authorialNote></num><heading>New Schedule 3A to the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978</heading><content><p><mod><quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="unknown" ukl:TargetClass="unknown" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><hcontainer name="schedule"><num>SCHEDULE 3A</num><heading>OFFENCES: MODE OF TRIAL AND MAXIMUM PENALTY</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading/><content><p>The mode of trial and maximum penalty applicable to each offence listed in the first column of the following table are as set out opposite that offence in the subsequent columns of the table.</p><tblock class="table" ukl:Orientation="portrait"><foreign><default:table xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><default:tbody><default:tr><default:th><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0"><i>Offence</i></p></default:th><default:th><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0"><i>Mode of trial</i></p></default:th><default:th><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0"><i>Penalty on summary conviction</i></p></default:th><default:th><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0"><i>Penalty on conviction on indictment</i></p></default:th></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under Article 31(1)(a) consisting of a failure to discharge a duty to which a person is subject by virtue of Articles 4 to 7.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under Article 31(1)(a) consisting of a failure to discharge a duty to which a person is subject by virtue of Article 8.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under Article 31(1)(b) consisting of a contravention of Article 9.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under Article 31(1)(b) consisting of a contravention of Article 10.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">A fine not exceeding £20,000.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">A fine.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under Article 31(1)(c).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under Article 31(1)(d).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily only.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">A fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.</p></default:td><default:td/></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under Article 31(1)(e), (f) or (g).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under Article 31(1)(h).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily only.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both.</p></default:td><default:td/></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under Article 31(1)(i).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">A fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">A fine.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under Article 31(1)(j).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under Article 31(1)(k), (l) or (m).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under Article 31(1)(n).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily only.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">A fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.</p></default:td><default:td/></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under Article 31(1)(o).</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">An offence under the existing statutory provisions for which no other penalty is specified.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Summarily or on indictment.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.</p></default:td></default:tr></default:tbody></default:table></foreign></tblock></content></hcontainer></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-3"><num>SCHEDULE 3<authorialNote class="referenceNote"><p>Section 2</p></authorialNote></num><heading>Consequential amendments</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-3-crossheading-explosives-act-1875-c-17"><heading><i>Explosives Act 1875 (c. 17)</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num><noteRef href="#key-1a11c11f07884df6a774b4e26701f437" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>1</num><content><p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-3-crossheading-health-and-safety-at-work-etc-act-1974-c-37"><heading><i>Health and Safety at Work <abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr> Act 1974 (c. 37)</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>In section 15 (health and safety regulations), subsection (6)(e) is omitted.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In section 42 (remedy and forfeiture), after subsection (3) there is inserted—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><subsection><num>(3A)</num><content><p>Subsection (4) applies where a person is convicted of an offence consisting of acquiring or attempting to acquire, possessing or using an explosive article or substance (within the meaning of any of the relevant statutory provisions) in contravention of any of the relevant statutory provisions.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-2-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (4) of that section, for the words from “a person” to “there mentioned” there is substituted <quotedText>“ the person is convicted of the offence ”</quotedText></mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-3-crossheading-health-and-safety-at-work-northern-ireland-order-1978-si-19781039-ni-9"><heading><i>Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (<abbr class="acronym" title="Statutory Instrument">S.I.</abbr> 1978/1039 (N.I. 9))</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>In Article 17 (health and safety regulations), paragraph (6)(e) is omitted.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-3-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In Article 39 (remedy and forfeiture), after paragraph (3) there is inserted—<quotedStructure startQuote="&#x201C;" endQuote="&#x201D;" uk:context="body" uk:docName="uksi" ukl:TargetClass="secondary" ukl:TargetSubClass="order" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="default"><paragraph><num>(3A)</num><content><p>Paragraph (4) applies where a person is convicted of an offence consisting of acquiring or attempting to acquire, possessing or using an explosive article or substance (within the meaning of any of the relevant statutory provisions) in contravention of any of the relevant statutory provisions.</p></content></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-3-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>In paragraph (4) of that Article, for the words from “a person” to “there mentioned” there is substituted <quotedText>“ the person is convicted of the offence ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-3-crossheading-activity-centres-young-persons-safety-act-1995-c-15"><heading><i>Activity Centres (Young Persons' Safety) Act 1995 (c. 15)</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><content><p><mod>In section 2 (offences), in subsection (4)(f), for “, and (2) to (4)” there is substituted <quotedText>“ and (2) (and the related provisions of Schedule 3A) ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-3-crossheading-activity-centres-young-persons-safety-northern-ireland-order-1998-si-19981069-ni-5"><heading><i>Activity Centres (Young Persons' Safety) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (<abbr class="acronym" title="Statutory Instrument">S.I.</abbr> 1998/1069 (N.I. 5))</i></heading><paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><content><p><mod>In Article 4 (offences), in paragraph (4)(f), for “, (2), (2A), (4) and (5)” there is substituted <quotedText>“ and (2) (and the related provisions of Schedule 3A) ”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></paragraph></hcontainer></hcontainer><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-4"><num>SCHEDULE 4<authorialNote class="referenceNote"><p>Section 2</p></authorialNote></num><heading>Repeals</heading><content><tblock class="table" ukl:Orientation="portrait"><foreign><default:table xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><default:tbody><default:tr><default:th><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0"><i>Short title and reference</i></p></default:th><default:th><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0"><i>Extent of repeal</i></p></default:th></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Health and Safety at Work <abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr> Act 1974 (c. 37)</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Section 15(6)(e).</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (<abbr class="acronym" title="Statutory Instrument">S.I.</abbr> 1978/1039 (N.I. 9))</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Article 17(6)(e).</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Offshore Safety Act 1992 (c. 15)</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Section 4.</p></default:td></default:tr><default:tr><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Offshore, and Pipelines, Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (<abbr class="acronym" title="Statutory Instrument">S.I.</abbr> 1992/1728 (N.I. 17))</p></default:td><default:td><p xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0">Article 6.</p></default:td></default:tr></default:tbody></default:table></foreign></tblock></content></hcontainer></hcontainer>