Regulation 12 Offences and penalties
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 in Great Britain to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or on such conviction in Northern Ireland to a fine not exceeding £2,000; or
on conviction on indictment, to a fine.
If any person–
contravenes, or fails to comply with, any of the relevant Community provisions referred to in Columns 1 or 2 of Parts IV, VI, VII or VIII of Schedule 2 to these Regulations, or
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 in Great Britain to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale or on such conviction in Northern Ireland to a fine not exceeding £1,000.
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.