# Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 (Repealed 1.9.1994), Paragraph 24

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For section 37(3) there shall be substituted the following subsection—
“(3) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any regulations under this Act (other than regulations under section . . . 20 or 24) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction—
(a) in the case of regulations prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph, to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale; and
(b) in any other case, to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
(3A) Regulations under section . . .20 or 24 above may provide that a person who contravenes or fails to comply with any specified provision of the regulations shall be guilty of an offence and a person guilty of such an offence shall be liable on summary conviction—
(a) in the case of regulations under section . . .20, to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale; and
(b) in the case of regulations under section 24, to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(3B) The prescribing of regulations for the purposes of subsection (3)(a) above shall not affect the punishment for a contravention ofor failure to comply with those regulations before they were so prescribed.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/10/schedule/7/paragraph/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/vehicles-excise-act-1971-repealed-191994/schedule-7/paragraph-24
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