# Food Safety Act 1990, Section 35: Punishment of offences.

Extent: E+W+S

(A1) A person guilty of an offence under section 15B(5) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
(A2) A person guilty of an offence under section 15C(2) or 15D(3) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(1) A person guilty of an offence under section 33(1) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.
(1A) A person guilty of an offence under section 33(2), in so far as it relates to section 15C(1) or 15D(2), shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(2) A person guilty of any other offence under this Act shall be liable—
(a) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both;
(b) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the relevant amount a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.
(3) In subsection (2) above “the relevant amount” means—
(a) in the case of an offence under section 7 or 14 above, £20,000;
(b) in any other case, the statutory maximum.
(4) If a person who is—
(a) licensed under section 1 of the Slaughterhouses Act 1974 to keep a . . . knacker’s yard;
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) licensed under section 6 of the Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980 to use any premises as a knacker’s yard,
is convicted of an offence under Part II of this Act, the court may, in addition to any other punishment, cancel his licence or registration.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/16/section/35 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-act-1990/section-35
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