Regulation 20 Penalties
England and Wales
A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (8) of regulation 18 shall be liable —
on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or
on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, to a fine or to both.
A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (3) of regulation 5, paragraph (8) of regulation 9, F1or regulation 11 shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
A person guilty of an offence under regulation 19 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.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in reg. 20(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1504), regs. 1(2), 3(7)
Notes on the whole SI
Textual amendments
- F1
1972 c.68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (2006 c.51).
- F2
S.I. 2003/2901.
- F3
S.I. 1972/1811.
- F4
S.I. 1999/2027.
- F5
OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny: Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny – Part Four (OJ No. L188, 18.7.2009, p.14).