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99.—(1) If a person contravenes or fails to comply with any prohibition or requirement imposed by or under these Regulations and the contravention or failure is not made an offence by any other provision of these Regulations, he shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this regulation shall be liable –
(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both; or
(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.
(3) A prosecution for an offence under this regulation shall not be begun after the expiry of –
(a)three years from the commission of the offence; or
(b)one year from its discovery by the prosecutor,
whichever is the earlier.
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