The Official Feed and Food Controls Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Offences and penalties

37.—(1) Any person who —

(a)contravenes paragraph (5) of regulation 25 or paragraph (4) or (5) of regulation 31;

(b)contravenes any of the prohibitions in paragraph (1) of regulation 26;

(c)to the extent that contravention of regulation 27 does not constitute an offence under regulation 36, contravenes regulation 27; or

(d)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 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 36 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.