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20.—(1) A person who—
(a)without reasonable excuse, contravenes a requirement in regulation 6(1), 7(1), F1... 10(1) or (4), 11(4) [F2or 12(2)], or
(b)contravenes a requirement in regulation 14(1),
commits an offence.
(2) A person who obstructs, without reasonable excuse, any person carrying out a function under these Regulations commits an offence.
(3) A person who, without reasonable excuse—
(a)contravenes a direction given by an enforcement officer under regulation 18(4), 18(5)(a) or 18(6), or
(b)fails to comply with a compliance notice given by an enforcement officer under regulation 18(1),
commits an offence.
(4) An offence under these Regulations is punishable on summary conviction by a fine.
(5) 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.
(6) If an offence under paragraph (1) committed by a body corporate is proved—
(a)to have been committed with the consent or connivance of an officer of the body, or
(b)to be attributable to any neglect on the part of such an officer,
the officer (as well as the body corporate) is guilty of the offence and liable to be prosecuted and proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(7) In paragraph (6), “officer”, in relation to a body corporate, means a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate.
(8) Proceedings for an offence under these Regulations alleged to have been committed by a partnership may be brought in the name of the partnership instead of in the name of any of the partners.
(9) Proceedings for an offence under these Regulations alleged to have been committed by an unincorporated body other than a partnership may be brought in the name of the body instead of in the name of any of its members and, for the purposes of any such proceedings, any rules of court relating to the service of documents have effect as if that body were a body corporate.
(10) Section 33 of the Criminal Justice Act 1925 M2 and Schedule 3 to the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 M3 apply in proceedings for an offence brought against a partnership or an unincorporated association other than a partnership as they apply in relation to a body corporate.
(11) A fine imposed on a partnership on its conviction for an offence under these Regulations is to be paid out of the partnership assets.
(12) A fine imposed on an unincorporated association other than a partnership on its conviction for an offence under these Regulations is to be paid out of the funds of the association.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in reg. 20(1)(a) omitted (25.7.2020) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 2) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/803), regs. 1(3), 2(9)(a) (with reg. 4)
F2Words in reg. 20(1)(a) substituted (25.7.2020) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 2) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/803), regs. 1(3), 2(9)(b) (with reg. 4)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 20 in force at 11.7.2020 for specified purposes, see reg. 1(3)(e)
I2Reg. 20 in force at 13.7.2020 in so far as not already in force, see reg. 1(4)
Marginal Citations
M11984 c. 60. Section 24 was substituted by section 110(1) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15).
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