# The Beef (Marketing Payment) Regulations 1996, Regulation 10: Offences and penalties


(1) It shall be an offence for a person—
(a) without reasonable excuse, to fail to comply with the provisions of regulation 5;
(b) intentionally to obstruct an authorised person in the exercise of a power conferred by regulation 6; or
(c) without reasonable excuse, to fail to comply with a request made under regulation 7.
(2) It shall be an offence for a person to furnish information recklessly or which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular—
(a) in connection with any requirement imposed under regulation 6; or
(b) for the purpose of obtaining for himself or another person the whole or part of any payment.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1)(a) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(4) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1)(b) or (c) or (2) of this regulation shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2005/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/beef-marketing-payment-regulations-1996/regulation-10
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