PART 5ENFORCEMENT, OFFENCES AND SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS

Offences: punishment28

1

A person F1who commits an offence under—

a

regulation 19 ( F5retained EU beef provisions);

b

regulation 20 ( F5retained EU pig provisions);

c

regulation 21 (notifications by operators);

d

regulation 22 (licences);

F2da

regulation 22A (offences: authorised grading methods (pig carcases));

e

regulation 23(1) (records); or

f

regulation 24 (obstruction),

is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

2

A person F3who commits an offence under regulation F423(2) and (3) (misleading marks) is liable—

a

on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or

b

on conviction on indictment, to a fine.