Offences and penaltiesN.I.

8.—(1) A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes a requirement in regulation [F14 to 6A] [F2or schedule 2] commits an offence.

(2) A person who, without reasonable excuse, obstructs any person carrying out a function under these Regulations commits an offence.

(3) A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes a direction or fails to comply with a reasonable instruction [F3, or fails to comply with an improvement notice given by an enforcement officer under regulation 6A] or a prohibition notice given by a relevant person under regulation 7, commits an offence.

[F4(4) An offence—

(a)under regulation 4, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E, 5A(1) and paragraphs 7 and 8 of Schedule 2, is punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding £10,000;

(b)under any other provision referred to in this regulation, is punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.]

(5) Article 26 of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 M1 applies in relation to an offence under this regulation as if the reasons in paragraph (5) of that Article included—

(a)to maintain public health;

(b)to maintain public order.

(6) For the purposes of this regulation, references to a requirement include references to a restriction.

Textual Amendments

Marginal Citations

M1S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12). Article 26 was substituted by Articles 1(2) and 15(1) (with Article 15(3)) of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007