PART IIIENFORCEMENT ETC.

Penalty for contravening regulations7

1

Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, a person who–

a

contravenes any of the provisions of regulation 3(1), (2) or (3) or 6(1) or (2);

b

commences an operation listed in the Table in regulation 5(1) without giving the notice required by that paragraph;

c

commences an operation listed in the Table in regulation 5(1) without the consent required by that paragraph; or

d

carries out an operation listed in the Table in regulation 5(1) in breach of a condition imposed under regulation 5(4);

is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

2

In any proceedings against an owner or occupier for an offence under paragraph (1) which is based on the installation, alteration, repair, connection or disconnection of a water fitting, it shall be a defence to prove–

a

that the work in question was carried out by or under the direction of an approved contractor, and

b

that the contractor certified to the person who commissioned that work that the water fitting complied with the requirements of these Regulations.