The Water Intended for Human Consumption (Private Supplies) (Scotland) Regulations 2017

Offences: emergency notices, etc.

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40.—(1) A person commits an offence if the person fails to do anything which an emergency notice requires the person to do (including a failure to complete a step required by a specified date).

(2) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally obstructs any person acting in the exercise of a power conferred by regulation 32(3)(a).

(3) A person who commits an offence under paragraph (1) or (2) is liable—

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

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