Food (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 1)

PART 1 S FOOD STANDARDS SCOTLAND

Enforcement action S

27 Offences in relation to section 26 S

(1) A person commits an offence if the person—

(a) fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement imposed under section 26(1), or

(b) in purported compliance with a requirement imposed under section 26(1)—

(i) provides information which the person knows to be false or misleading in a material way, or

(ii) recklessly provides information which is false or misleading in a material way.

(2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 27 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.S.I. 2015/99, art. 2