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Regulation 6 Offences and penalties

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(1)

A person who contravenes a provision of regulations 3(3) or 4(1) or (3) is guilty of an offence

(2)

A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) is liable

(a)

on conviction on indictment to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both; or

(b)

on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or to both.

(3)

In proceedings for an offence in respect of failure to comply with regulation 4 it is a defence to prove that the ceramic article to which the offence relates was first placed on the market in the Community before 20 May 2007.