Criminal proceedings
8.—(1) If a compliance notice is imposed on any person, that person may not at any time be convicted of the offence under regulation 11(1) in respect of the act or omission giving rise to the compliance notice except in a case to which sub-paragraph (2) applies.
(2) This sub-paragraph applies to a case where in relation to an offence under regulation 11(1)—
(a)a non-compliance penalty has been imposed on a person under paragraph 14(1), and
(b)the person fails to pay the penalty within the period specified in the notice under that paragraph.
(3) Criminal proceedings for offences triable summarily to which sub-paragraph (2) applies may be instituted at any time up to six months from the date when the authorised person notifies the person that they have failed to pay the non-compliance penalty.