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4.—(1) Any person who–
(a)contravenes or fails to comply with the requirements of Article 1 of, as read with the Annex to, the Commission Regulation (requirements relating to lids sealed with gaskets containing certain plastic materials);
(b)intentionally obstructs any person acting in the execution of these Regulations;
(c)without reasonable excuse, fails to give to any person acting in the execution of these Regulations or the Commission Regulation any assistance or information which that person may reasonably require; or
(d)in purported compliance with any requirement mentioned in sub paragraph (c), knowingly or recklessly supplies information that is false or misleading in any material particular,
is guilty of an offence.
(2) Any person convicted of an offence under these Regulations is liable–
(a)in the case of an offence under paragraph (1)(a)–
(i)on conviction on indictment to a term of imprisonment not exceeding two years or to a fine or both;
(ii)on summary conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both;
(b)in the case of an offence under paragraph 1(b), (c) or (d), to a term of imprisonment not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding level five on the standard scale or both.
(3) Nothing in paragraph (1)(c) is to be construed as requiring any person to answer any question or give any information if to do so might incriminate that person.
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