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18(1)In subsection (4) of section 15 (offence of failing to provide accommodation for officer in charge of a distiller’s warehouse), for the words from “he shall” to “but nothing” there shall be substituted “his failure shall attract a penalty under section 9 of the Finance Act 1994 (civil penalties); but nothing”.
(2)For subsection (5) of that section there shall be substituted the following subsection—
“(5)Where, after the approval of a distiller’s warehouse, the distiller by whom it is provided makes, without the previous consent of the Commissioners, an alteration in or addition to that warehouse, the making of the alteration or addition shall attract a penalty under section 9 of the Finance Act 1994 (civil penalties).”
(3)In subsection (7) of that section (offence and forfeiture in the case of a contravention of regulations relating to a distiller’s warehouse), for the words from “he shall” onwards there shall be substituted “his contravention or failure to comply shall attract a penalty under section 9 of the Finance Act 1994 (civil penalties), and any spirits in respect of which any person contravenes any such regulation, or fails to comply with any such regulation or condition, shall be liable to forfeiture.”
(4)Subsection (8) of that section (power to vary penalty under subsection (7)) shall cease to have effect.