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Changes over time for: Cross Heading: Offences
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Version Superseded: 13/12/2014
Status:
Point in time view as at 20/11/2013.
Changes to legislation:
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, Cross Heading: Offences.
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OffencesN.I.
Time limit for prosecutionsN.I.
35. A prosecution for an offence under this Order which is punishable under Article 36(2) shall not be begun after the expiry of—
(a)3 years from the commission of the offence; or
(b)one year from its discovery by the prosecution,
whichever is the earlier.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
Punishment of offencesN.I.
36.—(1) A person guilty of an offence under Article 34(1) 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 3 months or to both.
(2) A person guilty of any other offence under this Order shall be liable—
(a)on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both;
(b)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the relevant amount or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
(3) In paragraph (2) “the relevant amount” means—
(a)in the case of an offence under[ Article 6 or 13], £20,000;
(b)in any other case, the statutory maximum.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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