{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cross-border-railway-services-working-time-regulations-2008/regulation-11",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1660",
  "legislation_title": "The Cross-border Railway Services (Working Time) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cross-border-railway-services-working-time-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/11",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) An employer of a cross-border worker who fails to comply with regulation 8(3) or regulation 9 is guilty of an offence.\n(2) The provisions of paragraph (3) apply where an inspector is exercising or has exercised any power conferred by Schedule 2.\n(3) It is an offence for a person–\n(a) to contravene any requirement imposed by the inspector under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2;\n(b) to prevent or attempt to prevent any other person from appearing before the inspector or from answering any question to which the inspector may by virtue of paragraph 2(2)(e) of Schedule 2 require an answer;\n(c) to contravene any requirement or prohibition imposed by an improvement notice or a prohibition notice (including any such notice as is modified on appeal);\n(d) intentionally to obstruct the inspector in the exercise or performance of his powers or duties;\n(e) to use or disclose any information in contravention of paragraph 8 of Schedule 2;\n(f) to make a statement which the person knows to be false or recklessly to make a statement which is false, where the statement is made in purported compliance with a requirement to furnish any information imposed by or under these Regulations.\n(4) An employer guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine.\n(5) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (3) is liable to the penalty prescribed in relation to that provision by paragraphs (6), (7) or (8) as the case may be.\n(6) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (3)(a), (b) or (d) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(7) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (3)(c) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.\n(8) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (3)(e) or (f), is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;\n(b) on conviction on indictment—\n(i) if the offence is under paragraph (3)(e), to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine or both;\n(ii) if the offence is under paragraph (3)(f), to a fine.\n(9) The provisions set out in regulations 12 to 16 apply in relation to the offences provided for in paragraphs (1) and (3).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1660/regulation/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:29:11.729446+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}