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4.—(1) Except where by virtue of Article 8 or 9 the provisions of Article 6 (concerning transport documents) do not apply to the carriage of goods to which these Regulations apply, and subject to the provisions of the next following paragraph, any person who, in relation to any consignment of goods within the Economic Community, is the carrier of those goods within Great Britain, whether by rail, road or inland waterway, shall be guilty of an offence under this Regulation if—
(a)no transport document giving the details specified in Article 6(1) has at the time when the carriage within Great Britain of the goods so consigned first commences, been properly prepared in duplicate and numbered as required by Article 6, or
(b)one copy of such document does not accompany the goods, to which it relates, or
(c)the other copy thereof is not retained by the carrier for the period, in the manner and showing the charges and other particulars required by Article 6(2).
(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) of this Regulation do not apply to any person where existing documents give all the details specified in Article 6(1) and, in conjunction with that person's recording and accounting systems, enable a full check to be made of transport rates and conditions so as to abolish or avoid certain forms of discrimination as mentioned in Article 6(3).
(3) A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (a), or (b) or (c) of the said paragraph (1), shall be liable, on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £200 for each such offence.
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