# The Common Agricultural Policy (Wine) Regulations 1987, Regulation 6: Offences and penalties


(1) If any person contravenes or fails to comply with any of the relevant Community provisions referred to in Columns 1 or 2 of Parts I, II, III or V of Schedule 2 to these Regulations, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £2,000, or on conviction on indictment to a fine.
(2) If any person—
(a) contravenes or fails to comply with any of the relevant Community provisions referred to in Columns 1 or 2 of Parts IV, VI or VII of Schedule 2 to these Regulations, or
(b) discloses to any other person any information obtained by him in pursuance of his duties under these Regulations, unless the disclosure is made in, or for the purposes of, the performance by him or any other person of any functions under these Regulations, or in pursuance of a Community obligation,
he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000.
(3) In any proceedings against any person for an offence under these Regulations, it shall be a defence for that person to prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing the offence.
(4) Where an offence under these Regulations which has been committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of any director, manager, secretary or a similar officer of the body corporate, or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he as well as the body corporate shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1843/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-wine-regulations-1987/regulation-6
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