Part V Supplementary
Regulations and orders
59 Regulations: offences.
1
A person who contravenes or fails to comply with any regulations under this Act (other than any regulations under section 24, 26, 27 or 28) is guilty of an offence.
2
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding—
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in the case of regulations prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State as regulations to which this paragraph applies, level 3 on the standard scale, and
b
in any other case, level 2 on the standard scale.
3
The prescribing of regulations as regulations to which subsection (2)(a) applies does not affect the punishment for a contravention of, or failure to comply with, the regulations before they were so prescribed.
4
Regulations under section 24 or 28 may provide that a person who contravenes or fails to comply with any specified provision of the regulations is guilty of an offence.
5
A person guilty of such an offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding—
a
in the case of regulations under section 24, level 1 on the standard scale, and
b
in the case of regulations under section 28, level 3 on the standard scale.
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The Secretary of State may, if he sees fit, compound any proceedings for an offence—
a
under subsection (1), or
b
under regulations under section 24 or 28.