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3.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (5) and to the transitional arrangements contained in Article 11, a person is guilty of an offence if he contravenes or fails to comply with the Community provisions specified in paragraph (2).
(2) The provisions mentioned in paragraph (1) are —
(a)Article 1(1), (prohibition on the placing on the market of foodstuffs containing contaminants in excess of prescribed limits), as read with Article 4 in the case of groundnuts, nuts, dried fruit and maize;
(b)Article 3 (prohibitions on use, mixing and detoxification).
(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply to the placing on the market of authorised lettuce or authorised spinach.
(4) Anyone convicted of an offence under paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(5) Notwithstanding the revocation of the Contaminants in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(1), the transitional arrangements referred to in regulation 3(1) of those Regulations shall apply to an offence under these Regulations in like manner as they applied to an offence under those Regulations.
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I1Reg. 3 in operation at 1.3.2007, see reg. 1
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