Regulation 29 PenaltiesI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

A person guilty of an offence under these Regulations is liable—

(a)

on summary conviction, to a fine F1not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months; or

(b)

on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.

(2)

Where a body corporate is guilty of an offence under these Regulations, and that offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to have been attributable to any neglect on the part of—

(a)

any director, manager, secretary or other similar person of the body corporate; or

(b)

any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity,

that person is guilty of the offence as well as the body corporate.

(3)

For the purposes of paragraph (2), “director”, in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means a member of the body corporate.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 29(1)(a) substituted (14.12.2009) by The Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/361), reg. 3(5)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 29 in operation at 24.7.2009, see reg. 1