Regulation 2 Amendment of Regulations

The Welfare Food Regulations 1988^f1 are amended by inserting after regulation 18 the following regulation —

“Offences

18A

A person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the following provisions of these Regulations, namely —

• regulation 5(3);

• regulation 6;

• regulation 8(1)(b);

• regulation 12(1);

• regulation 12(3)(b);

• regulation 17(1);

• regulation 17(5),

shall be guilty of an offence under section 13 of the Social Security Act 1988 and liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding, for any one offence, level 3 on the standard scale.”.