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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1941",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy Efficiency (Refrigerators and Freezers) Regulations 1997",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Offences and penalties",
  "text": "(1) It shall be an offence to contravene any of the following provisions of these Regulations—\nregulation 4(1) (suppliers' duties in respect of appliances);\nregulation 4(5)(b) (suppliers' duty in respect of documents etc. accompanying appliances);\nregulation 5(1) (duty to draw up the EC declaration of conformity);\nregulation 5(2) (prohibition of false declaration of conformity);\nregulation 5(3) (duty to keep declaration of conformity with technical documentation);\nregulation 6(1) (duty to establish technical documentation);\nregulation 6(4) (duty to keep technical documentation etc. available for inspection);\nregulation 6(5) (duty to furnish technical documentation etc. on request by enforcement authority);\nregulation 7(a) (prohibition on affixing EC mark to non-complying appliance);\nregulation 7(b) (prohibition on affixing misleading marking to appliance);\nregulation 7(c) (prohibition on affixing to appliance any object etc. which reduces the visibility or legibility of the EC mark);\nparagraph 5(1)(a) of this Schedule (prohibition of obstruction of authorised officer);\nparagraph 5(1)(b) of this Schedule (prohibition of failure to comply with proper requirement of authorised officer);\nparagraph 5(1)(c) of this Schedule (prohibition of failure without reasonable cause to give assistance or information to authorised officer);\nparagraph 5(2)(a) of this Schedule (prohibition on knowingly making false statement to authorised officer);\nparagraph 5(2)(b) of this Schedule (prohibition on recklessly making false statement to authorised officer);\nparagraph 11(8) of this Schedule (prohibition of purported search and seizure by unauthorised person);\nparagraph 15(1) of this Schedule (restrictions on disclosure of information).\n(2) A person guilty of the offence of contravening paragraph 15(1) shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale applicable to offences triable only summarily or, on conviction on indictment, to a fine.\n(3) A person guilty of any other offence specified in sub-paragraph (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.",
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