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Regulation 27 Offences

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(1)

A water authority, which applies or introduces any substance or product in contravention of regulation 25(1) or a notice given under regulation 25(4), or uses any process in contravention of a prohibition imposed under regulation 26(1) or without complying with a condition imposed by virtue of regulation 26(2), shall be guilty of an offence and liable—

(a)

on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;

(b)

on conviction on indictment, to a fine.

(2)

In any proceedings against a water authority for an offence under paragraph (1) it shall be a defence for that authority to show that it took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.