# Social Security Act 1986, Section 54: Breach of regulations.


(1) Regulations under any of the benefit Acts may provide for contravention of, or failure to comply with, any provision contained in regulations made under that Act to be an offence under that Act and for the recovery, on summary conviction of any such offence, of penalties not exceeding—
(a) for any one offence, level 3 on the standard scale; or
(b) for an offence of continuing any such contravention or failure after conviction, £40 for each day on which it is so continued.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/50/section/54 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1986/section-54
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