Regulation 3 Offences, penalty and forfeitureI1

United Kingdom

In the event of any contravention or failure to comply with—

(a)

any relevant F1transit provision, or

(b)

any requirement or condition imposed by or under any such provision,

person then in charge of the goods shall each be liable on summary conviction to a penalty of level 5 on the standard scale^f1 and any goods in respect of which the offence was committed shall be liable to forfeiture.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in reg. 3(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Customs (Consequential Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/140), regs. 1, 3(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 3 in force at 23.6.1993, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1: The amounts of the penalties on the levels of the standard scale have been increased most recently in relation to England and Wales and Scotland by the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53), section 17, which was brought into force by S.I. 1992/333; the amounts in relation to Northern Ireland are set out in S.R.(N.I.) 1984 No. 253.