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The Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997
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- 1997 No. 1840
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- Regulation 15
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Enforcement notices: offence
15.—(1) It is an offence for a person to contravene any requirement imposed by an enforcement notice.
(2) Any person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable—
(a)on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or
(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both.
(3) In any proceedings for an offence under this regulation it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.
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