Detailed Commentary on Sections in Part 6 Tribunal proceedings Schedule 11: Transitional Provisions Paragraph 52: Assembly Measures: criminal penalties
866.This paragraph provides that, until the coming into force of sections 281(5) and 154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, the maximum term of imprisonment which can be imposed on conviction of an offence (whether summary or triable either way) under an Assembly Measure is six months (again making provision for the different rules in relation to sentencing which apply until those provisions of the 2003 Act come into force).