# International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Act 1976, Section 8: Affixing, etc. of designated marks.


(1) Any person who, without reasonable excuse—
(a) affixes or causes or permits to be affixed a designated mark, or
(b) permits a designated mark to remain affixed,
to transport equipment at a time when there is not in force a certificate of compliance for the equipment, shall be guilty of an offence and on summary conviction liable to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(2) Any person who—
(a) with intent to deceive applies to transport equipment a mark so nearly resembling a designated mark as to be calculated to deceive, or
(b) fails without reasonable excuse to comply with the direction of an examiner to remove to remove a mark so calculated to deceive,
shall be guilty of an offence and on summary conviction liable to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/58/section/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/international-carriage-of-perishable-foodstuffs-act-1976/section-8
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