Regulation 8 Offences

United Kingdom

(1)

It shall be an offence for a person—

(a)

to contravene, or to fail to comply with, any specified Community provision;

(b)

to obstruct an inspector in the exercise of a power conferred by regulation 5;

(c)

without reasonable excuse to fail to comply with any requirement imposed under regulation 5;

F1(d)

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(e)

without reasonable excuse to fail to comply with the requirements of a notice issued under regulation F26 or 7;

(f)

knowingly or recklessly to make a statement or furnish any information that is false or misleading in a material particular where the statement is made or the information is furnished in purported compliance with—

(i)

any requirement imposed by a specified Community provision; or

(ii)

a request of an inspector made for a purpose in connection with the execution or enforcement of these Regulations; or

(g)

intentionally to make a false entry in any record required to be kept under a specified Community provision.

(2)

It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under regulation 8(1)(a) to prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence by himself or by a person under his control.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 8(1)(d) omitted (14.11.2008) by virtue of Genetically Modified Organisms (England) (Amendments) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2598), regs. 1, 2(a)
F2: Words in reg. 8(1)(e) inserted (14.11.2008) by Genetically Modified Organisms (England) (Amendments) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2598), regs. 1, 2(b)