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Offences and penalties

5.—(1) Any person who, after the date on which these Regulations come into operation, contravenes the specified Community provision contained in Part I of the Schedule shall be guilty of an offence and liable –

(a)on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or

(b)on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to a fine or to both.

(2) Any person who, after the date on which these Regulations come into operation, contravenes any of the specified Community provisions contained in Part II of the Schedule shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.