Prospective
Contravention of regulations under section 276(2)N.I.
277—(1) Regulations under section 276(2) may provide that a contravention of any prescribed provision of the regulations is an offence.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under the regulations is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
(3) Proceedings in respect of an offence under the regulations may be brought only—
(a)by RQIA; or
(b)by, or with the consent of, the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.
(4) Proceedings for an offence under the regulations may be brought within a period of 6 months from the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the prosecution to warrant the proceedings came to its knowledge; but no proceedings may be brought by virtue of this subsection more than 3 years after the commission of the offence.