Health Services Act 1976

18 Offences

(1) Any person who contravenes section 12(1) of this Act shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £400 or on conviction on indictment to a fine.

(2) Any person who—

(a) without reasonable excuse fails to comply with the requirements of section 14(1) and (2) above in relation to an application for planning permission for any notifiable works; or

(b) knowingly or recklessly furnishes a notice which is false in a material particular in purported compliance with section 14(1) above,

shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £400.

(3) Any person who—

(a) intentionally obstructs an inspector appointed by virtue of regulations made in pursuance of section 16(4) above in the exercise of any power of entry or inspection conferred on him by regulations so made; or

(b) without reasonable excuse fails to comply with any requirement imposed by such an inspector by virtue of regulations so made,

shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £400.

(4) Where an offence under any of the preceding provisions of this section has been committed by a body corporate and is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

(5) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, subsection (4) above shall apply in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with his functions of management as if he were a director of the body corporate.