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7.—(1) A person who carries on a sunbed business must provide to a person each time that person seeks to use or uses a sunbed on sunbed premises the prescribed health information set out in Schedule 1 which must be contained in a document that is flat and rectangular and at least A4 in size and is printed in black characters, which can be easily read, on a yellow background.
(2) A person who carries on a sunbed business must display in a prominent position where it is readily visible to a person each time that person seeks to use or uses a sunbed on sunbed premises a notice which—
(a)contains the prescribed health information set out in Schedule 2;
(b)is at least A3 in size; and
(c)is printed in black characters, at least 20 millimetres in size, on a yellow background.
(3) A notice is displayed in a prominent position where it is readily visible to a person each time that person seeks to use or uses a sunbed on sunbed premises if it is placed so as to be within their immediate view on entering the sunbed premises and on entering each restricted zone on those premises.
(4) A person who carries on a sunbed business must not provide or display any material that contains statements relating to the health effects of sunbeds other than the prescribed health information under paragraphs (1) and (2).
(5) But paragraph (4) does not apply to the provision or display of any relevant health and safety information.
(6) A person who carries on a sunbed business who fails to comply with paragraph (1), paragraph (2) or paragraph (4) commits an offence.
(7) In proceedings for an offence under this regulation, it is a defence for a person who carries on a sunbed business to prove that the person (or an employee or agent of the person) took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing it.
(8) A person guilty of an offence under this regulation is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
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