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The Official Feed and Food Controls (England) Regulations 2009

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41.—(1) Any person who —

(a)contravenes or fails to comply with any of the specified import provisions;

[F1(b)contravenes or fails to comply with—

(i)paragraph (3) of regulation 26; or

(ii)paragraph (5) of regulation 27 F2...;]

[F3(ba)contravenes or fails to comply with the provisions of any regulations made under Article 53 of Regulation 178/2002;]

(c)contravenes any of the prohibitions in paragraph (1) of regulation 28;

(d)to the extent that contravention or failure to comply with regulation 29 does not constitute an offence under regulation 40, contravenes or fails to comply with regulation 29; or

(e)fails to comply with a notice served upon him under the Import Provisions,

[F4(1A) Any person who imports into England or places on the market any sprouts or seeds intended for sprouting which do not comply with the certification requirements of [F5Article 13 of Regulation 2019/625, in so far as it applies to sprouts and seeds intended for the production of sprouts, as read with Article 27 of Regulation 2019/628] shall be guilty of an offence.]

shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) [F6Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4)] , a person guilty of an offence under this Part of these Regulations shall be liable —

(a)on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or

(b)on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, to a fine or to both.

(3) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 40 shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.

[F7(4) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1)(a) or paragraph (1)(b)(i) is liable on either summary conviction or conviction on indictment to a fine.]

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