PART 6Enforcement
Offence of breaching certain provisions23
1
A person commits an offence if the person contravenes a prohibition or fails to comply with a requirement in a provision of the regulations listed in Table 1 or the Articles listed in Table 2 in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.
2
A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both.
3
In respect of an offence under this regulation, a magistrates’ court in Northern Ireland may hear and determine any complaint made before the earlier of—
a
the end of the period of 1 year beginning with the day on which evidence which the prosecutor thinks is sufficient to justify a prosecution comes to the knowledge of the prosecutor, and
b
the end of the period of 3 years beginning with the day on which the offence was committed.
4
For the purposes of paragraph (3)(a)—
a
a certificate signed by or on behalf of the prosecutor and stating the date on which such evidence came to the prosecutor’s knowledge is conclusive evidence of that fact, and
b
a certificate stating that matter and purporting to be so signed is to be treated as so signed until the contrary is proved.