Section 27: Offence of failing to comply with an access prohibition, etc
The offence in section 26 applies where the person against whom a prohibition order or premises order that contains an access prohibition fails to comply with the terms of that access prohibition. This section makes it an offence for any other person, without reasonable excuse, to remain on or enter premises in contravention of an access prohibition. The offence is summary only, with a maximum penalty of six months' imprisonment (12 months in Scotland) or a fine (up to the statutory maximum in Scotland and Northern Ireland or unlimited in England and Wales), or both.