Regulation 13 Movement of a controlled wine-sector product

(1)

Any person who, knowing a wine-sector product to be a controlled wine-sector product,–

(a)

moves it, or

(b)

causes it to be moved,

without the written consent of an authorised officer shall be guilty of an offence.

(2)

Any person who, knowing a wine-sector product to be a controlled wine-sector product,–

(a)

removes from it, or

(b)

causes to be removed from it,

a label which has been affixed under regulation 8(4) of these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence.

(3)

Any person who fails to comply with an undertaking given by him for the purposes of regulation 9 of these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence.

(4)

It shall be a defence for a person charged with any offence under this regulation to prove that–

(a)

when the power conferred by regulation 8(1) was exercised, no offence had been or was being committed in respect of the wine-sector product concerned; and

(b)

that there was a reasonable excuse for the act or omission in respect of which he is charged.

(5)

A person guilty of an offence under this regulation shall be liable on summary conviction in Great Britain to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or on such conviction in Northern Ireland to a fine not exceeding £2,000.