# The Registrar (Identity Verification and Authorised Corporate Service Providers) Regulations 2024, Regulation 16: Offences in relation to record keeping


(1) It is an offence for a person to fail, without reasonable excuse, to comply with regulation 15.
(2) Where the offence is committed by a firm, every officer of the firm who is in default also commits the offence.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this regulation is liable—
(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine (or both);
(b) on summary conviction—
(i) in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court or a fine (or both);
(ii) in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both) and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-fifth of the statutory maximum;
(iii) in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both) and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-fifth of the statutory maximum.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348261905/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-registrar-identity-verification-and-authorised-corporate-service-providers-regulations-2024/regulation-16
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.