Prospective
7.—(1) A person who displays an advertisement in contravention of these regulations shall be liable on summary conviction of an offence under section 101(2) of the Act(1) to a fine not exceeding £200 and, in the case of a continuing offence, £20 for each day during which the offence continues after conviction.
(2) Failure to observe any condition relating to the maintenance of an advertisement or of the site used for the display of an advertisement, or to the satisfactory removal of an advertisement, shall not be a contravention of these regulations for the purpose of section 101 of the Act insofar as concerns any person who is only deemed by virtue of section 101(3) of the Act to display the advertisement, unless such person has failed to comply with an enforcement notice served on him by the planning authority requiring him to take the steps required by the enforcement notice within such period as may be specified in the notice.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 7 in force at 2.5.1984, see reg. 1
1972 c. 52; section 101(2) was amended by the Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 43), Schedule 2, paragraph 31, and by the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), sections 289F and 289G (as inserted by the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), section 43).