2.—(1) F1... Any person referred to in Article 11 of the EC Counter-measures Regulation F2... —U.K.
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who commits a breach of Article 2 or the first paragraph of Article 5 of that Regulation, and any director, manager or other person with management responsibilities to whom the obligation in the first paragraph of Article 2 of that Regulation applies who commits a breach of that paragraph, shall be guilty of an offence and liable —
(a)on conviction on indictment, to a fine;
(b)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.
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(3) No proceedings for an offence under paragraph (1) above shall be instituted in England, Wales or Northern Ireland except by the Secretary of State or with the consent of the Attorney General or, as the case may be, the Attorney General for Northern Ireland.
(4) Proceedings against any person for an offence under this section may be taken before the appropriate court in the United Kingdom having jurisdiction in the place where that person is for the time being.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in art. 2(1) omitted (1.1.2021) by virtue of The Protecting against the Effects of the Extraterritorial Application of Third Country Legislation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1660), regs. 1, 2(3)(a)(i)
F2Words in art. 2(1) omitted (1.1.2021) by virtue of The Protecting against the Effects of the Extraterritorial Application of Third Country Legislation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1660), regs. 1, 2(3)(a)(ii)
F3Art. 2(1)(i)-(v) omitted (1.1.2021) by virtue of The Protecting against the Effects of the Extraterritorial Application of Third Country Legislation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1660), regs. 1, 2(3)(a)(iii)
F4Art. 2(2) omitted (1.1.2021) by virtue of The Protecting against the Effects of the Extraterritorial Application of Third Country Legislation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1660), regs. 1, 2(3)(b)
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