# The Environmental Protection (Controls on Injurious Substances) Regulations 1992, Regulation 7: Offences and penalties


A person who contravenes regulation 3, 4, 5 or 6 or causes or permits another person to contravene one of those regulations shall be guilty of an of fence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale and, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/31/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-controls-on-injurious-substances-regulations-1992/regulation-7
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