We appreciate your help to contain the spread of #coronavirus. If you leave your home or gather in public for reasons other than those specified, police have the powers to disperse you and issue fines. This thread shows what happens if you break the rules (1/7) #StayHomeSaveLives

You may be told to go home, leave an area, or disperse - which means you would need to break up the group of people you are in, to maintain the 2 metre distance from each other (2/7) #StayHomeSaveLives

You may be told to stop your children from breaking the rules if they have already done so (3/7) #StayHomeSaveLives

You may be taken home, or you may be arrested, if you do not follow instructions or where it is deemed necessary (4/7) #StayHomeSaveLives

You may be issued a fine in the form of a fixed penalty notice of £60, which will be lowered to £30 if paid within 14 days (5/7) #StayHomeSaveLives

You may be issued an increased fine in the form of a fixed penalty notice of £120 if it is your second offence. This doubles every time you offend again (6/7) #StayHomeSaveLives

If you do not pay your fine you could be taken to court. There, magistrates are able to impose unlimited fines. Find this information, and more, in our guidance on what you can and can’t do: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-outbreak-faqs-what-you-can-and-cant-do/coronavirus-outbreak-faqs-what-you-can-and-cant-do#what-will-happen-to-me-if-i-break-the-rules (7/7) #StayHomeSaveLives