PART 8 N.I. Administration and enforcement

Penalties for offences under these Regulations N.I.

18.—(1) Any person found guilty of an offence under regulation 4(1), 7(1), 10(1), 12(1), 15(1), (2), (3) or (4) or [F1 17] is liable on summary conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 3 months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both.

(2) Any person found guilty of an offence under regulation 15(8) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in reg. 18(1) substituted (25.12.2020) by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/291), regs. 1, 4(4)

Duties to enforce N.I.

19.  It is the duty of DARD to execute and enforce Regulation 178/2002, Regulation 1829/2002, Regulation 1831/2003, Regulation 767/2009 [F2 , Regulation 2020/354] and these Regulations.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in reg. 19 inserted (25.12.2020) by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/291), regs. 1, 4(5)