Paragraph 1 Offences and penalties

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 5 para. 2A inserted by Energy Information 2009 reg. 6(4)
Sch. 5 para. 3(2) words omitted by Energy Information and Energy Efficiency 2001 reg. 8(3)(a)
Sch. 5 para. 3(3)-(5) omitted by Energy Information and Energy Efficiency 2001 reg. 8(3)(b)
Sch. 5 para. 16 omitted by Energy Information and Energy Efficiency 2001 reg. 8(3)(c)
Sch. 5 para. 12(3)(b) revoked by Enterprise Act 2002 (Consequential and Supplemental Provisions) 2003 Sch. para. 34(2)

(1)

It shall be an offence to contravene or fail to comply with–

regulation 4 (suppliers' duties in respect of labels);
regulation 5 (suppliers' duties in respect of information notices);
regulation 8 (suppliers' duties in respect of technical documentation);
regulation 9 (dealers' duty in respect of displayed regulated dishwashers);
regulation 10 (information in respect of mail order and other distance sales);
regulation 11 (misleading information);
paragraph 5 of this Schedule (obstruction of authorised officers and false statements);
paragraph 8(8) of this Schedule (prohibition of purported search and seizure by unauthorised person); or
paragraph 12(1) of this Schedule (restrictions on disclosure of information).

(2)

A person guilty of the offence of contravening paragraph 12(1) of this Schedule shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, and on conviction on indictment, to a fine.

(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.