Failure to comply with enforcement action would presumably amount to
contempt which is punishable wityh imprisonment!
Gail Waters
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rebecca Hughes [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 20 June 2002 16:15
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Max Penalty for Offences
>
> See section 9.2 of the OIC's Legal advice, but I agree, £5,000 in a Mag.
> Ct and unlimited at Crown court level. The DPA, s.60 certainly, makes no
> reference to a custodial sentence. Hopefully I will be corrected if I'm
> wrong!
>
> Rebecca
>
> On Thu, 20 Jun 2002 16:08:05 +0100 Paul Lightowlers
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > What is the maximum penalty for an offence under the DPA 1998?
> >
> > I know it is £5,000 in a magistrates court.
> >
> > Is it an unlimited fine in a crown court (I think it is)? Some old
> internal
> > guidance I have been reviewing mentions the possibility of a custodial
> > sentence. I can't find references to this anywhere else.
> >
> > Just checking really before I remove the error.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Paul Lightowlers (Information Resource Manager)
> > Teignbridge District Council,
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