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Article 8 Offences and penalties

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(1)

Any person who contravenes a prohibition or restriction in article 3 shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

(2)

Any person who knowingly contravenes any prohibition or restriction in article 3 shall be guilty of an offence and may be arrested.

(3)

A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (2) shall be liable—

(a)

on summary conviction to a fine of the prescribed sum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to both; or

(b)

on conviction on indictment, to a fine of any amount, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, or to both.

(4)

No person shall be guilty of an offence under article 3 if he is able to show that he did not know, and had no reason to suppose, that the goods were destined for an embargoed destination.