# The Tin in Food Regulations 1992, Regulation 5: Penalties and enforcement


(1) If any person contravenes or fails to comply with the foregoing provision of these Regulations, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(2) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, each food authority shall enforce within its area the provisions of these Regulations.
(3) Each port health authority shall enforce within its district the provisions of these Regulations.
(4) In this regulation “food authority” does not include the appropriate Treasurer referred to in section 5(1)(c) of the Act (which deals with the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/496/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/tin-in-food-regulations-1992/regulation-5
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