Regulation 43 OffencesI1

United Kingdom

(1)

An operator who fails to comply with any of regulations F13(2) to (3), 4, F25(3), 6(1), (2), (4) and (5), 7(1) and (4), 9(1), 12(2) and (3), F3... 14(1) to (3), 15, 16(1) and (3), 19(1), 21(1) and (2), 22(1) and (2), 24, 33(1), 45, 46(1) and (3) commits an offence.

(2)

Any person who fails to comply with regulation 38 or 45 commits an offence.

(3)

A person who commits an offence under these Regulations is liable—

(a)

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or a fine (or both); and

(b)

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or, in England and Wales, a fine or, in Scotland or Northern Ireland, a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in reg. 43(1) substituted (10.7.2026) by The Nuclear Safeguards (EU Exit and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/835), regs. 1(2), 28(a)
F2: Word in reg. 43(1) inserted (10.7.2026) by The Nuclear Safeguards (EU Exit and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/835), regs. 1(2), 28(b)
F3: Word in reg. 43(1) omitted (10.7.2026) by virtue of The Nuclear Safeguards (EU Exit and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/835), regs. 1(2), 28(c)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 43 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)