The Official Feed and Food Controls Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Offences and penalties

39.—(1) Any person who—

(a)contravenes paragraph (5) of regulation 26, regulation 27 or paragraph (4) or (5) of regulation 33; or

(b)fails to comply with a notice served upon him under the Import Provisions,

shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a person guilty of an offence under this Part of these Regulations shall be liable—

(a)on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or

(b)on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, to a fine or to both.

(3) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 38 shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.