# The Contaminants in Food Regulations 1997, Regulation 3: Offences and penalties


(1) If any person contravenes Article 2.1 he shall, save where the placing on the market is of authorised lettuce or spinach, be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation, “authorised lettuce or spinach” means lettuce or spinach, as appropriate, in point 1.1 of Part 1 of the Annex to the Commission Regulation which is grown in the United Kingdom in accordance with the proviso to Article 2.2 and intended for consumption in the United Kingdom.
(3) Where an offence under these Regulations is committed in Scotland by a Scottish partnership and is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, a partner, he as well as the partnership shall be guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1499/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/contaminants-in-food-regulations-1997/regulation-3
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