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Section 6 Offences under Part I.C2C1

United Kingdom

A person who—

(a)

being a person who is required by this Part of this Act to be licensed in that behalf manufactures for sale a substance to which this Part of this Act applies without a licence for the purpose, or elsewhere than on premises in respect of which a licence is in force;

(b)

contravenes or fails to comply with a condition subject to which a licence under this Part of this Act is issued;

(c)

sells or has in his possession for sale a substance to which this Part of this Act applies knowing it to have been manufactured or imported in contravention of this Part of this Act or the regulations made thereunder;

(d)

contravenes or fails to comply with the provisions of any regulation made under this Part of this Act;

shall be guilty of an offence under this Part of this Act and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding F1one hundred poundslevel 3 on the standard scaleor, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to such a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, and in either case to forfeit any goods in connection with which the offence was committed, and without prejudice, if the offender is the holder of a licence, to the power of the licensing authority to revoke or suspend the licence.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words “level 3 on the standard scale” substituted (S.) for words “one hundred pounds” by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c.21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289E–289G

Modifications

C1

Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c.48, SIF 39:1), ss. 35 (in relation to liability on first and subsequent convictions), 38 (increase of fines) and 46 (substitution of references to levels on the standard scale) apply (E.W.) and S.I. 1984/703 (N.I. 3), arts. 5 (substitution of references to levels on the standard scale) 6 (increase of fines) and 9 (in relation to liability on first and subsequent convictions) apply (N.I.)

C2

Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c.21, SIF 39:1), s. 289E (in relation to liability on first and subsequent convictions), applies (S.)

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1

Act repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XII.