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Regulation 24 Offences and Penalties

(1)

It is an offence for a person—

(a)

to fail without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement imposed by a contravention notice served on him pursuant to regulation 22;

(b)

in providing any information under these Regulations, to—

(i)

make a statement which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular;

(ii)

recklessly make a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular; or

(iii)

produce or provide, or cause to be produced or provided, any document which he knows is false or misleading in a material particular.

(2)

It is an offence for a person—

(a)

intentionally to obstruct the Justifying Authority, or a person to whom the Justifying Authority has (under regulation 27) delegated the enforcement powers under regulation 23, in the exercise or performance of his powers under regulation 23;

(b)

without reasonable excuse—

(i)

to fail to comply with any requirement imposed pursuant to regulation 23;

(ii)

to fail or refuse to provide facilities or assistance or any information or to permit any inspection reasonably required by the Justifying Authority, or a person to whom the Justifying Authority has (under regulation 27) delegated the enforcement powers under regulation 23, in the exercise or performance of his powers under regulation 23;

(iii)

to prevent any other person from appearing before or answering any question required to be answered by the Justifying Authority, or a person to whom the Justifying Authority has (under regulation 27) delegated the enforcement powers under regulation 23, in the exercise or performance of his powers under regulation 23;

(c)

falsely to pretend to be a person to whom the Justifying Authority has (under regulation 27) delegated the enforcement powers under regulation 23.

(3)

A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be liable—

(a)

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

(b)

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