Words substituted by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82), s. 154, Sch. 7 para. 74

Words substituted (E.W.S.) by Weights and Measures Act 1985 (c. 72, SIF 131), ss. 96(1), 97, Sch. 11 para. 21(2), Sch. 12 para. 3(a)

Words substituted by S.I. 1981/231 (N.I. 10), Sch. 10 para. 2(a)

In sub-para. (a) for “subsection (2) of section 51 of the said Act of 1963” there is substituted (E.W.S.) “subsection (3) of section 83 of the said Act of 1985” by Weights and Measures Act 1985 (c. 72, SIF 131), ss. 96(1), 97, Sch. 11 para. 21(2), Sch. 12 para. 3(b)

In para. (a) for “subsection (2) of section 33 of the said Act of 1967” there is substituted “paragraph (3) of Article 46 of the said Order of 1981” and after “that subsection” there is inserted “or, as the case may be, that paragraph” by S.I. 1981/231 (N.I. 10), Sch. 10 para. 2(b)

In sub-para. (b) for “subsections (2), (3) and (5) to (7) of section 26 of the said Act of 1963” there is substituted (E.W.S.) “sections 35, 36 and 37(1) and (2) of the said Act of 1985” by Weights and Measures Act 1985 (c. 72, SIF 131), ss. 96(1), 97, Sch. 11 para. 21(2), Sch. 12 para. 3(c)

In para. (b) for “of section 20 of the said Act of 1967” there is substituted “of Article 24 of the said Order of 1981” and after “that Act” there is inserted “or as the case may be, Part V of that Order.” by S.I. 1981/231 (N.I. 10), Sch. 10 para. 2(c)

Para. beginning “In this subsection” repealed by Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16, SIF 53:1, 2), s. 59(1)(4), Sch. 3 para. 7, Sch. 5

S. 22 (2A) inserted by Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16, SIF 53:1, 2), s. 59(1), Sch. 3 para. 7

Ss. 18, 19 extended with modifications by S.I. 1986/26, reg. 11(1) and S.I. 1988/1586, reg. 4(1)

Ss. 18, 19 extended with modifications by S.I. 1986/26, reg. 11(1) and S.I. 1988/1586, reg. 4(1)

S. 19 applied (with modifications) (23.3.1996) by S.I. 1995/2489, reg. 10(1).

S. 20 extended with modifications by S.I. 1986/26, reg. 11(1) and S.I. 1988/1586, reg. 4(1)

S. 20 applied (with modifications) (23.3.1996) by S.I. 1995/2489, reg. 10(1).

S. 23 extended by Prices Act 1974 (c. 24, SIF 99:6), s. 7, Sch. para. 5(3) and extended with modifications by S.I. 1986/26, reg. 11(1)

S. 23 applied (with modifications) (23.3.1996) by S.I. 1995/2489, reg. 10(1).

1980 c. 43.

1954 c. 48.

1968 c. 67 (84)

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/29/crossheading/provisions-as-to-offences/1991-02-01Trade Descriptions Act 1968An Act to replace the Merchandise Marks Acts 1887 to 1953 by fresh provisions prohibiting misdescriptions of goods, services, accommodation and facilities provided in the course of trade; to prohibit false or misleading indications as to the price of goods; to confer power to require information on instructions relating to goods to be marked on or to accompany the goods or to be included in advertisements; to prohibit the unauthorised use of devices or emblems signifying royal awards; to enable the Parliament of Northern Ireland to make laws relating to merchandise marks; and for purposes connected with those matters.1973-12-31texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2017-06-011991-02-01 Provisions as to offences
18 Penalty for offences.

A person guilty of an offence under this Act for which no other penalty is specified shall be liable—

(a)

on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding four hundred pounds; and

(b)

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

19 Time limit for prosecutions. (1)

No prosecution for an offence under this Act shall be commenced after the expiration of three years from the commission of the offence or one year from its discovery by the prosecutor, whichever is the earlier.

(2)

Notwithstanding anything in section 127(1) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, a magistrates’ court may try an information for an offence under this Act if the information was laid at any time within twelve months from the commission of the offence.

(3)

Notwithstanding anything in section 23 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act 1954 (limitation of time for proceedings in statutory offences) summary proceedings in Scotland for an offence under this section may be commenced at any time within twelve months from the time when the offence was committed, and subsection (2) of the said section 23 shall apply for the purposes of this subsection as it applies for the purposes of that section.

(4)

Subsections (2) and (3) of this section do not apply where—

(a)

the offence was committed by the making of an oral statement; or

(b)

the offence was one of supplying goods to which a false trade description is applied, and the trade description was applied by an oral statement; or

(c)

the offence was one where a false trade description is deemed to have been applied to goods by virtue of section 4(3) of this Act and the goods were supplied in pursuance of an oral request.

20 Offences by corporations.(1)

Where an offence under this Act which has been committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent and connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

(2)

In this section “director”, in relation to any body corporate established by or under any enactment for the purpose of carrying on under national ownership any industry or part of an industry or undertaking, being a body corporate whose affairs are managed by the members thereof, means a member of that body corporate.

21 Accessories to offences committed abroad.(1)

Any person who, in the United Kingdom, assists in or induces the commission in any other country of an act in respect of goods which, if the act were committed in the United Kingdom, would be an offence under section 1 of this Act shall be guilty of an offence, except as provided by subsection (2) of this section, but only if either—

(a)

the false trade description concerned is an indication (or anything likely to be taken as an indication) that the goods or any part thereof were manufactured, produced, processed or reconditioned in the United Kingdom; or

(b)

the false trade description concerned—

(i)

consists of or comprises an expression (or anything likely to be taken as an expression) to which a meaning is assigned by an order made by virtue of section 7(b) of this Act, and

(ii)

where that meaning is so assigned only in circumstances specified in the order, the trade description is used in those circumstances.

(2)

A person shall not be guilty of an offence under subsection (1) of this section if, by virtue of section 32 of this Act, the act, though committed in the United Kingdom, would not be an offence under section 1 of this Act had the goods been intended for despatch to the other country.

(3)

Any person who, in the United Kingdom, assists in or induces the commission outside the United Kingdom of an act which, if committed in the United Kingdom, would be an offence under section 12 of this Act shall be guilty of an offence.

22 Restrictions on institution of proceedings and admission of evidence.(1)

Where any act or omission constitutes both an offence under this Act and an offence under any provision contained in or having effect by virtue of Part IV of the Weights and Measures Act 1985or Part V of the Weights and Measures(Northern Ireland) Order 1981

(a)

proceedings for the offence shall not be instituted under this Act, except by virtue of section 23 thereof, without the service of such a notice as is required by subsection (3) of section 83 of the said Act of 1985or, as the case may be, paragraph (3) of Article 46 of the said Order of 1981, nor after the expiration of the period mentioned in paragraph (c) of that subsection; and

(b)

sections 35, 36 and 37(1) and (2) of the said Act of 1985or, as the case may be, of Article 24 of the said Order of 1981, shall, with the necessary modifications, apply as if the offence under this Act were an offence under Part IV of that Act or as the case may be, Part V of that Orderor any instrument made thereunder.

(2)

Where any act or omission constitutes both an offence under this Act and an offence under the food and drugs laws, evidence on behalf of the prosecution concerning any sample procured for analysis shall not be admissible in proceedings for the offence under this Act unless the relevant provisions of those laws have been complied with . . . .

(2A)

In subsection (2) of this section—

the food and drugs laws” means the Food Safety Act 1990, the Medicines Act 1968 and the Food (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 and any instrument made thereunder;

the relevant provisions” means—

(i)

in relation to the said Act of 1990, section 31 and regulations made thereunder;

(ii)

in relation to the said Act of 1968, so much of Schedule 3 to that Act as is applicable to the circumstances in which the sample was procured; and

(iii)

in relation to the said Order, Articles 40 and 44,

or any provisions replacing any of those provisions by virtue of section 17 of the said Act of 1990, paragraph 27 of Schedule 3 to the said Act of 1968 or Article 72 or 73 of the said Order.

(3)

The Board of Trade may by order provide that in proceedings for an offence under this Act in relation to such goods as may be specified in the order (other than proceedings for an offence falling within the preceding provisions of this section) evidence on behalf of the prosecution concerning any sample procured for analysis shall not be admissible unless the sample has been dealt with in such manner as may be specified in the order.

23 Offences due to fault of other person.

Where the commission by any person of an offence under this Act is due to the act or default of some other person that other person shall be guilty of the offence, and a person may be charged with and convicted of the offence by virtue of this section whether or not proceedings are taken against the first-mentioned person.

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Words substituted by
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,
<ref eId="c00189" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1980/43/section/154">s. 154</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00190" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1980/43/schedule/7/paragraph/74">Sch. 7 para. 74</ref>
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<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c683309" marker="F2">
<p>
Words substituted (E.W.S.) by
<ref eId="c00845" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/72">Weights and Measures Act 1985 (c. 72, SIF 131)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00846" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/72/section/96/1">ss. 96(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00847" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/72/section/97">97</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00848" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/72/schedule/11/paragraph/21/2">Sch. 11 para. 21(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00849" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/72/schedule/12/paragraph/3">Sch. 12 para. 3</ref>
(
<i>a</i>
)
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<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c683310" marker="F3">
<p>
Words substituted by
<ref eId="c00850" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1981/231">S.I. 1981/231 (N.I. 10)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00851" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1981/231/schedule/10/paragraph/2">Sch. 10 para. 2</ref>
(
<i>a</i>
)
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</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c683311" marker="F4">
<p>
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<i>a</i>
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<ref eId="c00852" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/72">Weights and Measures Act 1985 (c. 72, SIF 131)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00853" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/72/section/96/1">ss. 96(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00854" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/72/section/97">97</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00855" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/72/schedule/11/paragraph/21/2">Sch. 11 para. 21(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00856" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/72/schedule/12/paragraph/3">Sch. 12 para. 3</ref>
(
<i>b</i>
)
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<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c683312" marker="F5">
<p>
In para. (
<i>a</i>
) for “subsection (2) of section 33 of the said Act of 1967” there is substituted “paragraph (3) of Article 46 of the said Order of 1981” and after “that subsection” there is inserted “or, as the case may be, that paragraph” by
<ref eId="c00857" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1981/231">S.I. 1981/231 (N.I. 10)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00858" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1981/231/schedule/10/paragraph/2">Sch. 10 para. 2</ref>
(
<i>b</i>
)
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<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c683313" marker="F6">
<p>
In sub-para. (
<i>b</i>
) for “subsections (2), (3) and (5) to (7) of section 26 of the said Act of 1963” there is substituted (E.W.S.) “sections 35, 36 and 37(1) and (2) of the said Act of 1985” by
<ref eId="c00859" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/72">Weights and Measures Act 1985 (c. 72, SIF 131)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00860" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/72/section/96/1">ss. 96(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00861" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/72/section/97">97</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00862" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/72/schedule/11/paragraph/21/2">Sch. 11 para. 21(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00863" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/72/schedule/12/paragraph/3">Sch. 12 para. 3</ref>
(
<i>c</i>
)
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<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c683314" marker="F7">
<p>
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<i>b</i>
) for “of section 20 of the said Act of 1967” there is substituted “of Article 24 of the said Order of 1981” and after “that Act” there is inserted “or as the case may be, Part V of that Order.” by
<ref eId="c00864" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1981/231">S.I. 1981/231 (N.I. 10)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00865" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1981/231/schedule/10/paragraph/2">Sch. 10 para. 2</ref>
(
<i>c</i>
)
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<p>
Para. beginning “In this subsection” repealed by
<ref eId="c00866" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/16">Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16, SIF 53:1, 2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00867" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/16/section/59/1/4">s. 59(1)(4)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00868" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/16/schedule/3/paragraph/7">Sch. 3 para. 7</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00869" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/16/schedule/5">Sch. 5</ref>
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<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c683317" marker="F9">
<p>
<ref eId="c00870" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/29/section/22">S. 22</ref>
(2A) inserted by
<ref eId="c00871" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/16">Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16, SIF 53:1, 2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00872" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/16/section/59/1">s. 59(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00873" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/16/schedule/3/paragraph/7">Sch. 3 para. 7</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="C" class="commentary C" eId="c683302" marker="C1">
<p>
<ref eId="c00173" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/29/section/18">Ss. 18</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00174" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/29/section/19">19</ref>
extended with modifications by
<ref eId="c00175" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/26">S.I. 1986/26</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00176" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/26/regulation/11/1">reg. 11(1)</ref>
and
<ref eId="c00177" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1988/1586">S.I. 1988/1586</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00178" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1988/1586/regulation/4/1">reg. 4(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="C" class="commentary C" eId="c683303" marker="C2">
<p>
<ref eId="c00179" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/29/section/18">Ss. 18</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00180" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/29/section/19">19</ref>
extended with modifications by
<ref eId="c00181" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/26">S.I. 1986/26</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00182" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/26/regulation/11/1">reg. 11(1)</ref>
and
<ref eId="c00183" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1988/1586">S.I. 1988/1586</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00184" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1988/1586/regulation/4/1">reg. 4(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="C" class="commentary C" eId="c683304" marker="C3">
<p>
<ref eId="c00185" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/29/section/19">S. 19</ref>
applied (with modifications) (23.3.1996) by
<ref eId="c00186" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/2489">S.I. 1995/2489</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00187" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/2489/regulation/10/1">reg. 10(1)</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="C" class="commentary C" eId="c683308" marker="C4">
<p>
<ref eId="c00199" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/29/section/20">S. 20</ref>
extended with modifications by
<ref eId="c00200" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/26">S.I. 1986/26</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00201" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/26/regulation/11/1">reg. 11(1)</ref>
and
<ref eId="c00202" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1988/1586">S.I. 1988/1586</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00203" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1988/1586/regulation/4/1">reg. 4(1)</ref>
</p>
<p>
<ref eId="c00204" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/29/section/20">S. 20</ref>
applied (with modifications) (23.3.1996) by
<ref eId="c00205" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/2489">S.I. 1995/2489</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00206" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/2489/regulation/10/1">reg. 10(1)</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="C" class="commentary C" eId="c683345" marker="C5">
<p>
<ref eId="c00219" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/29/section/23">S. 23</ref>
extended by
<ref eId="c00220" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1974/24">Prices Act 1974 (c. 24, SIF 99:6)</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00221" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1974/24/section/7">s. 7</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00222" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1974/24/schedule/paragraph/5/3">Sch. para. 5(3)</ref>
and extended with modifications by
<ref eId="c00223" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/26">S.I. 1986/26</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00224" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/26/regulation/11/1">reg. 11(1)</ref>
</p>
<p>
<ref eId="c00225" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/29/section/23">S. 23</ref>
applied (with modifications) (23.3.1996) by
<ref eId="c00226" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/2489">S.I. 1995/2489</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00227" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/2489/regulation/10/1">reg. 10(1)</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="M" class="commentary M" eId="c683306" marker="M1">
<p>
<ref eId="c00191" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1980/43">1980 c. 43</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="M" class="commentary M" eId="c683307" marker="M2">
<p>
<ref eId="c00192" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1954/48">1954 c. 48</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="M" class="commentary M" eId="c683318" marker="M3">
<p>
<ref eId="c00874" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/67">1968 c. 67</ref>
(
<b>84</b>
)
</p>
</note>
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<dc:title>Trade Descriptions Act 1968</dc:title>
<dc:description>An Act to replace the Merchandise Marks Acts 1887 to 1953 by fresh provisions prohibiting misdescriptions of goods, services, accommodation and facilities provided in the course of trade; to prohibit false or misleading indications as to the price of goods; to confer power to require information on instructions relating to goods to be marked on or to accompany the goods or to be included in advertisements; to prohibit the unauthorised use of devices or emblems signifying royal awards; to enable the Parliament of Northern Ireland to make laws relating to merchandise marks; and for purposes connected with those matters.</dc:description>
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<heading> Provisions as to offences</heading>
<section eId="section-18">
<num>18</num>
<heading> Penalty for offences. </heading>
<intro>
<p>A person guilty of an offence under this Act for which no other penalty is specified shall be liable—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-18-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding four hundred pounds; and</p>
</content>
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<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or both.</p>
</content>
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</section>
<section eId="section-19">
<num>19</num>
<heading> Time limit for prosecutions. </heading>
<subsection eId="section-19-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>No prosecution for an offence under this Act shall be commenced after the expiration of three years from the commission of the offence or one year from its discovery by the prosecutor, whichever is the earlier.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-19-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>
Notwithstanding anything in
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d30p3652" ukl:CommentaryRef="c683305">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c683305" class="commentary"/>
section 127(1) of the
</ins>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p3652" ukl:CommentaryRef="c683305">
<noteRef href="#c683306" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980
</ins>
, a magistrates’ court may try an information for an offence under this Act if the information was laid at any time within twelve months from the commission of the offence.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-19-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>
Notwithstanding anything in section 23 of the
<noteRef href="#c683307" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act 1954 (limitation of time for proceedings in statutory offences) summary proceedings in Scotland for an offence under this section may be commenced at any time within twelve months from the time when the offence was committed, and subsection (2) of the said section 23 shall apply for the purposes of this subsection as it applies for the purposes of that section.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-19-4">
<num>(4)</num>
<intro>
<p>Subsections (2) and (3) of this section do not apply where—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-19-4-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>the offence was committed by the making of an oral statement; or</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-19-4-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>the offence was one of supplying goods to which a false trade description is applied, and the trade description was applied by an oral statement; or</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-19-4-c">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>the offence was one where a false trade description is deemed to have been applied to goods by virtue of section 4(3) of this Act and the goods were supplied in pursuance of an oral request.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-20">
<num>20</num>
<heading> Offences by corporations.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-20-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>Where an offence under this Act which has been committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent and connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-20-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>
In this section “
<term refersTo="#term-director" eId="term-director">director</term>
”, in relation to any body corporate established by or under any enactment for the purpose of carrying on under national ownership any industry or part of an industry or undertaking, being a body corporate whose affairs are managed by the members thereof, means a member of that body corporate.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-21">
<num>21</num>
<heading> Accessories to offences committed abroad.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-21-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<intro>
<p>Any person who, in the United Kingdom, assists in or induces the commission in any other country of an act in respect of goods which, if the act were committed in the United Kingdom, would be an offence under section 1 of this Act shall be guilty of an offence, except as provided by subsection (2) of this section, but only if either—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-21-1-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>the false trade description concerned is an indication (or anything likely to be taken as an indication) that the goods or any part thereof were manufactured, produced, processed or reconditioned in the United Kingdom; or</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-21-1-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<intro>
<p>the false trade description concerned—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para2" eId="section-21-1-b-i">
<num>(i)</num>
<content>
<p>consists of or comprises an expression (or anything likely to be taken as an expression) to which a meaning is assigned by an order made by virtue of section 7(b) of this Act, and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para2" eId="section-21-1-b-ii">
<num>(ii)</num>
<content>
<p>where that meaning is so assigned only in circumstances specified in the order, the trade description is used in those circumstances.</p>
</content>
</level>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-21-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>A person shall not be guilty of an offence under subsection (1) of this section if, by virtue of section 32 of this Act, the act, though committed in the United Kingdom, would not be an offence under section 1 of this Act had the goods been intended for despatch to the other country.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-21-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>Any person who, in the United Kingdom, assists in or induces the commission outside the United Kingdom of an act which, if committed in the United Kingdom, would be an offence under section 12 of this Act shall be guilty of an offence.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-22">
<num>22</num>
<heading> Restrictions on institution of proceedings and admission of evidence.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-22-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<intro>
<p>
Where any act or omission constitutes both an offence under this Act and an offence under any provision contained in or having effect by virtue of Part IV of the
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p3756" ukl:CommentaryRef="c683309">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c683309" class="commentary"/>
Weights and Measures Act 1985
</ins>
or
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p3760" ukl:CommentaryRef="c683310">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c683310" class="commentary"/>
Part V of the Weights and Measures(Northern Ireland) Order 1981
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-22-1-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>
proceedings for the offence shall not be instituted under this Act, except by virtue of section 23 thereof, without the service of such a notice as is required by
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p3770" ukl:CommentaryRef="c683311">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c683311" class="commentary"/>
subsection (3) of section 83 of the said Act of 1985
</ins>
or, as the case may be,
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p3774" ukl:CommentaryRef="c683312">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c683312" class="commentary"/>
paragraph (3) of Article 46 of the said Order of 1981
</ins>
, nor after the expiration of the period mentioned in paragraph (c) of that subsection; and
</p>
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<level class="para1" eId="section-22-1-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p3783" ukl:CommentaryRef="c683313">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c683313" class="commentary"/>
sections 35, 36 and 37(1) and (2) of the said Act of 1985
</ins>
or, as the case may be,
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p3787" ukl:CommentaryRef="c683314">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c683314" class="commentary"/>
of Article 24 of the said Order of 1981
</ins>
, shall, with the necessary modifications, apply as if the offence under this Act were an offence under Part IV of that Act
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p3791" ukl:CommentaryRef="c683314">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c683314" class="commentary"/>
or as the case may be, Part V of that Order
</ins>
or any instrument made thereunder.
</p>
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<subsection eId="section-22-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>
Where any act or omission constitutes both an offence under this Act and an offence under the food and drugs laws, evidence on behalf of the prosecution concerning any sample procured for analysis shall not be admissible in proceedings for the offence under this Act unless the relevant provisions of those laws have been complied with . . .
<noteRef href="#c683316" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
.
</p>
</content>
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<subsection eId="section-22-2A">
<num>
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="d30p3803" ukl:CommentaryRef="c683317">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c683317" class="commentary"/>
(2A)
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p3803" ukl:CommentaryRef="c683317">In subsection (2) of this section—</ins>
</p>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p3803" ukl:CommentaryRef="c683317"></ins>
<term refersTo="#term-the-food-and-drugs-laws" eId="term-the-food-and-drugs-laws">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p3803" ukl:CommentaryRef="c683317">the food and drugs laws</ins>
</term>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p3803" ukl:CommentaryRef="c683317">” means the Food Safety Act 1990, the </ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p3803" ukl:CommentaryRef="c683317">
<noteRef href="#c683318" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
Medicines Act 1968 and the Food (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 and any instrument made thereunder;
</ins>
</p>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p3803" ukl:CommentaryRef="c683317"></ins>
<term refersTo="#term-the-relevant-provisions" eId="term-the-relevant-provisions">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p3803" ukl:CommentaryRef="c683317">the relevant provisions</ins>
</term>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p3803" ukl:CommentaryRef="c683317">” means—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-22-2A-i">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p3803" ukl:CommentaryRef="c683317">(i)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p3803" ukl:CommentaryRef="c683317">in relation to the said Act of 1990, section 31 and regulations made thereunder;</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-22-2A-ii">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p3803" ukl:CommentaryRef="c683317">(ii)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p3803" ukl:CommentaryRef="c683317">in relation to the said Act of 1968, so much of Schedule 3 to that Act as is applicable to the circumstances in which the sample was procured; and</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-22-2A-iii">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p3803" ukl:CommentaryRef="c683317">(iii)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="d30p3803" ukl:CommentaryRef="c683317">in relation to the said Order, Articles 40 and 44,</ins>
</p>
<p>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="d30p3803" ukl:CommentaryRef="c683317">or any provisions replacing any of those provisions by virtue of section 17 of the said Act of 1990, paragraph 27 of Schedule 3 to the said Act of 1968 or Article 72 or 73 of the said Order.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
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<subsection eId="section-22-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>The Board of Trade may by order provide that in proceedings for an offence under this Act in relation to such goods as may be specified in the order (other than proceedings for an offence falling within the preceding provisions of this section) evidence on behalf of the prosecution concerning any sample procured for analysis shall not be admissible unless the sample has been dealt with in such manner as may be specified in the order.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-23">
<num>23</num>
<heading> Offences due to fault of other person.</heading>
<content>
<p>Where the commission by any person of an offence under this Act is due to the act or default of some other person that other person shall be guilty of the offence, and a person may be charged with and convicted of the offence by virtue of this section whether or not proceedings are taken against the first-mentioned person.</p>
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