PART 8Offences and penalties
Offences and penaltiesI135
1
A person who—
a
contravenes a requirement in regulation 4(1), 6(1) or (3), 7(1), 9(1) or (2), 11(2), 12(2), 13(2), 14(2), 16, F1... 22(1) or 23(1), or
b
commits an offence.
2
It is an offence for a person (“P”) to give false or misleading information to a contact tracer—
a
under regulation 11(3), 12(3), 13(3) or 14(3), or
b
about—
i
P's contact information, or
ii
persons with whom P may have had close contact,
where P knows the information is false or misleading, or P is reckless as to whether the information is false or misleading.
3
A person who participates in a gathering—
a
which takes place in a private dwelling,
b
which consists of more than 15 people, and
c
at which people are gathered in contravention of regulation 4(1),
commits an offence.
4
A person who obstructs, without reasonable excuse, any person carrying out a function under these Regulations commits an offence.
5
A person who—
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without reasonable excuse, fails to take the measures specified in a premises improvement notice issued under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 3 within the time limit specified in the notice,
a
without reasonable excuse, contravenes paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 3,
b
contravenes paragraph 3(2) of that Schedule, or
c
without reasonable excuse, removes, obscures or damages a notice or sign required to be displayed under paragraph 7(2)(a) of that Schedule,
commits an offence.
6
A person who, without reasonable excuse—
a
contravenes a direction given—
i
by an enforcement officer under Part 7, or
ii
by the operator of a public transport service, an employee of the operator, or a person authorised by the operator, under regulation 30(2), or
b
fails to comply with a compliance notice given by an enforcement officer under regulation 27(1),
commits an offence.
7
An offence under these Regulations is punishable on summary conviction by a fine.
8
Section 24 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 M1 applies in relation to an offence under this regulation as if the reasons in subsection (5) included—
a
to maintain public health;
b
to maintain public order.
9
In this regulation, “close contact” has the same meaning as in Part 4.