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Regulation 19 Offences and penalties

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(1)

If any person contravenes, or fails to comply with, regulation 6 or any obligation contained in any of the relevant Community provisions referred to in column 1 or 2 of Parts I, II, III, V or IX of Schedule 2, he or she shall be guilty of an offence and liable—

(a)

on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale; or

(b)

on conviction on indictment, to a fine.

(2)

If any person—

(a)

contravenes, or fails to comply with, any obligation or condition contained in any of the relevant Community provisions referred to in column 1 or 2 of Parts IV, VI, VII or VIII of Schedule 2, or

(b)

discloses to any other person any information obtained by him or her in pursuance of his or her duties under these Regulations, unless the disclosure is made in, or for the purposes of, the performance by him or her or any other person of any functions under these Regulations, or in pursuance of a Community obligation,he or she shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.