Regulation 5 Offences, penalty and forfeiture

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

(a)

any relevant Community provision; or

(b)

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

(c)

any undertaking given pursuant to any such provision or requirement,

the person responsible for the contravention or failure shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty of level 3 on the standard scale^f1 together with a penalty of £40 for each day on which such contravention or failure continues; and any goods in respect of which such offence was committed shall be liable to forfeiture.

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f1: The levels of the penalties on the standard scale currently in force are set out in S.I. 1984/447 (England and Wales), 1984/526 (Scotland) and S.R. (N.I.) 1984 No. 253 (Northern Ireland). Those penalties are increased by section 17 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53) with effect from a date to be appointed by the Secretary of State under section 102 of that Act.