Part 3: Powers for dealing with domestic abuse Section 43: Offences relating to notification
This section provides that it is a criminal offence to fail to comply with the notification requirements without reasonable excuse or knowingly to provide the police with false information. It will be for a court to decide what constitutes a reasonable excuse in a particular case.
	This is an either way offence, meaning that it can be heard in either a magistrates’ court or the Crown Court depending on the seriousness of the offence. The penalty for breach on conviction by a magistrates’ court ("summary conviction") is imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or a fine, or both (subsection (3)(a)). The penalty for breach on conviction by a Crown Court ("conviction on indictment") is imprisonment for a maximum term of five years, or a fine, or both (subsection (3)(b)).