Offences penalties and enforcementN.I.
9.—(1) If any person contravenes any of the provisions of these Regulations he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), if any person contravenes a specified Community provision he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(3) A person shall be considered not to have contravened the first paragraph of Article 2.2 of Regulation 37/2005 if the requirements of Schedule 3 are complied with.
(4) A person shall be considered not to have contravened Article 2 of Regulation 37/2005 if—
(a)the offence which would otherwise have been committed was in respect of a cold store facility with a capacity of less than 10m3 used for storing stock in retail outlets; and
(b)the air temperature in the cold store is measured by an easily visible thermometer.
(5) Each district council shall enforce and execute these Regulations within its district.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 9 in operation at 1.3.2007, see reg. 1