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Regulation 3 Duty to prevent sunbed use by children on domestic premises

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(1)

A person who carries on a sunbed business on sunbed premises that are domestic premises must secure—

(a)

that no person aged under 18 uses on those premises a sunbed to which the business relates;

(b)

that no offer is made by him or her or on his or her behalf to make a sunbed to which the business relates available for use on those premises by a person aged under 18.

(2)

A person who carries on a sunbed business who fails to comply with paragraph (1) commits an offence.

(3)

In proceedings for an offence under this regulation, it is a defence for a person who carries on a sunbed business to prove that the person (or an employee or agent of the person) took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing it.

(4)

A person guilty of an offence under this regulation is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.