Regulation 37 Offences and penalties

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 37(4) words inserted by Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) 2000 Sch. 5 Pt. 2 para. 13
reg. 37(4) words substituted by Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) 2000 Sch. 5 Pt. 2 para. 13
reg. 37 certain functions transferred by National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) 2000 art. 2 Sch. 1
reg. 37(3) applied by Gelatine (Intra-Community Trade) 2001 reg. 6(2)
reg. 37(5)(6) applied by Gelatine (Intra-Community Trade) 2001 reg. 6(2)

(1)

A person contravening any provision of these Regulations or any notice served under them shall be guilty of an offence.

(2)

A person guilty of an offence under regulation 36(1)(a) or (b) 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.

(3)

A person guilty of any other offence under these Regulations shall be liable—

(a)

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

(b)

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

(4)

Paragraphs (1) to (3) above shall not apply to anything done or omitted by the Minister, the Secretary of State or a local authority.