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. 1(1) words omitted by Energy Information and Energy Efficiency 2001 reg. 4(2)(a)
Sch. 5 para. 2(2)-(4) omitted by Energy Information and Energy Efficiency 2001 reg. 4(2)(b)
Sch. 5 para. 3(2) words omitted by Energy Information and Energy Efficiency 2001 reg. 4(2)(c)
Sch. 5 para. 3(3)-(5) omitted by Energy Information and Energy Efficiency 2001 reg. 4(2)(d)
Sch. 5 para. 6-8 omitted by Energy Information and Energy Efficiency 2001 reg. 4(2)(e)
Sch. 5 para. 15(3)(i) word omitted by Energy Information and Energy Efficiency 2001 reg. 4(2)(f)
Sch. 5 para. 15(3)(j) omitted by Energy Information and Energy Efficiency 2001 reg. 4(2)(f)
Sch. 5 para. 15(5)(f) omitted by Energy Information and Energy Efficiency 2001 reg. 4(2)(g)
Sch. 5 para. 19 omitted by Energy Information and Energy Efficiency 2001 reg. 4(2)(h)
Sch. 5 para. 2A inserted by Energy Information 2009 reg. 3(4)
Sch. 5 para. 15(3)(b) revoked by Enterprise Act 2002 (Consequential and Supplemental Provisions) 2003 Sch. para. 27(2)
Sch. 5 para. 15(3)(i) omitted by Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading 2008 Sch. 2 para. 87(a) Sch. 4 Pt. 2
Sch. 5 para. 15(3)(k)(l) inserted by Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading 2008 Sch. 2 para. 87(b)

(1)

It shall be an offence to contravene—

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 appliances);
regulation 10 (dealers' duty in respect of information notices);
regulation 12 (printed communications);
regulation 13 (misleading information);
paragraph 5 of this Schedule (obstruction of authorised officers);
paragraph 11(8) of this Schedule (prohibition of purported search and seizure by unauthorised person); or
paragraph 15(1) of this Schedule (restrictions on disclosure of information).

(2)

A person guilty of the offence of contravening paragraph 15(1) shall be liable—

(a)

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.