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PENALTIES FOR OFFENDERS

21st September 2000, Page 51
21st September 2000
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• Magistrates can impose fines of up to 220,000 for offences under Sections 2-6 (General Duties) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, or for failure to comply with Improvement and Prohibition Notices.

• There is a maximum fine of 15,000 for other breaches under the Act. Magistrates also have the power to send offenders to prison for up to six months for failing to comply with notices.

• Crown courts can impose unlimited fines—they can also jail offenders for up to two years for failing to comply with notices.

• The average tine in a magistrates court for breaches under the Act is around 26,000. Almost half of all fines are less than 25,000 and more than two-thirds are below 210,000.