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Regulation 11 Offences and penaltiesI1

United Kingdom

(1)

A person is guilty of an offence if that person—

(a)

fails to comply with a compliance notice;

(b)

intentionally obstructs an authorised officer exercising a power under these Regulations;

(c)

fails, without reasonable excuse, to give any assistance or information that the authorised officer may reasonably require for the enforcement of the F1F2retained EU assimilated Regulations or the performance of that officer’s functions under these Regulations;

(d)

knowingly gives false or misleading information to an authorised officer; or

(e)

without reasonable excuse, fails to produce a label, document or record, including—

(i)

the entry and withdrawal registers required to be kept under Article 7a of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91, F3...

F4(ii)

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when reasonably required to do so by an authorised officer.

(2)

A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Word in reg. 11(1)(c) substituted (E.W.S.) (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 31(e)

F2

Word in reg. 11(1)(c) inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/824), regs. 1, 8(10) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1453, regs. 1(2)(b), 11(2)(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3

Word in reg. 11(1)(e)(i) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products and Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1422), regs. 1, 18(4)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4

Reg. 11(1)(e)(ii) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products and Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1422), regs. 1, 18(4)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Commencement

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Reg. 11 in force at 1.3.2014, see reg. 1