# The Eggs (Marketing Standards) Regulations 1995, Regulation 8: Offences and penalty


(1) Any person who
(a) fails to comply with any requirement properly made to him by an authorised officer of the Minister or of a food authority under these Regulations, or
(b) contravenes or fails to comply with any Community provision,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(2) Where an offence under these Regulations is committed in Scotland by a Scottish partnership and is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, a partner, he as well as the partnership shall be guilty of the offence and be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1544/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eggs-marketing-standards-regulations-1995/regulation-8
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