Regulation 18 Offences and penalties

a person (other than an approving authority or the Minister) contravenes any provision of these Regulations; or

the occupier of any production holding or dairy establishment fails to take all reasonable steps to secure the compliance by any person employed by him or any person admitted to that production holding or dairy establishment with any provision of these Regulations,

on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or

on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.

three years from the commission of the offence; or

one year from its discovery by the prosecutor;