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PART IIIOFFENCES, PENALTIES AND REVOCATIONS

Offences and penalties

14.—(1) Any person who contravenes, or fails to comply with, regulation 6 or any obligation or condition contained in any of the relevant Community provisions referred to in column 1 or 2 of Parts I, II, IV or VIII of Schedule 9, shall be guilty of an offence and liable–

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

(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine.

(2) Any person who–

(a)contravenes, or fails to comply with, any obligation or condition contained in any of the relevant Community provisions referred to in column 1 or 2 of Parts III, V, VI or VII of Schedule 9; or

(b)discloses to any other person any information obtained by the person making the disclosure in pursuance of the duties of the last mentioned person under these Regulations, unless the disclosure is made in, or for the purposes of, the performance by that person or any other person of any functions under these Regulations, or in pursuance of a Community obligation,

shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.