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OFFENCES
Triable only summarily
Maximum: Unlimited fine and/or 6 months’ custody
Offence range: Band B fine – 26 weeks’ custody
Obligatory disqualification: minimum 12 months
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Triable only on indictment
Maximum: Life imprisonment
Offence range: 1 – 24 years’ custody
This is a Schedule 19 offence for the purposes of sections 274 and ...
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Triable either way
Maximum: 5 years’ custody
Offence range: Community order – 4 years’ custody
Where offence committed in a domestic context, also refer to Overarching ...
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Bribing another person, Bribery Act 2010 (section 1)
Being bribed, Bribery Act 2010 (section 2)
Bribery of foreign public officials, Bribery Act 2010 (section 6)
Triable ...
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Triable either way
Maximum: 2 years’ custody
Offence range: Discharge – 1 year and 6 months’ custody
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Triable either way
Maximum: 10 years’ custody
Offence range: High level community order – 9 years’ custody
This is an offence listed in Schedule 13 for ...
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Threatening with an offensive weapon in a public place, Prevention of Crime Act 1953 (section 1A)
Threatening with an article with blade/point in a public ...
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Triable either way
Maximum: 3 years’ custody
Offence range: Discharge – 2 years 6 months’ custody
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Triable on indictment only
Maximum: life imprisonment for offences committed after 28 June 2022; otherwise 14 years’ custody
Offence range: 26 weeks – 18 years’ ...
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Triable only summarily
Maximum: Level 4 fine
A fine must not exceed the statutory limit. Where this is expressed in terms of a ‘level’, the maxima are:
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