The Carcase Classification and Price Reporting Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 No. 216

PART 5 N.I. ENFORCEMENT AND OFFENCES

Offences: penalties N.I.

33.—(1) A person guilty of an offence under—

(a) regulation 21(3) (enforcement notices),

(b) regulation 23 ( [F1 retained EU] beef provisions),

(c) regulation 24 ( [F1 retained EU] pig provisions),

(d) regulation 25 (notifications by operators),

(e) regulation 26 (licences (bovine carcases)),

(f) regulation 27 (authorised grading methods: (pig carcases)),

(g) regulation 28(1) (records), or

(h) regulation 29 (obstruction etc.)

is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 28(2) or (3) (misleading marks etc.) is liable—

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

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 33 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agriculture, Food and Horse (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/347), regs. 1, 8(8); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)