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17.—(1) Subject to paragraph (4), any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the specified Community provisions is guilty of an offence.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a person guilty of an offence under these Regulations is 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 2 years, to a fine or to both.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 15 is 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.
(4) A person is not to be considered to have contravened or failed to comply with Article 4(2) of Regulation 852/2004 as read with paragraph 4 of Chapter IV of Annex II to that Regulation (bulk foodstuffs in liquid, granulate or powder form to be transported in receptacles and/or containers/tankers reserved for the transport of foodstuffs) if the requirements of Schedule 3 have been complied with.
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