59Regulations: offences
(1)A person who contravenes or fails to comply with any regulations under this Act (other than any regulations under section 24, 26, 27 or 28) is guilty of an offence.
(2)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding—
(a)in the case of regulations prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State as regulations to which this paragraph applies, level 3 on the standard scale, and
(b)in any other case, level 2 on the standard scale.
(3)The prescribing of regulations as regulations to which subsection (2)(a) applies does not affect the punishment for a contravention of, or failure to comply with, the regulations before they were so prescribed.
(4)Regulations under section 24 or 28 may provide that a person who contravenes or fails to comply with any specified provision of the regulations is guilty of an offence.
(5)A person guilty of such an offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding—
(a)in the case of regulations under section 24, level 1 on the standard scale, and
(b)in the case of regulations under section 28, level 3 on the standard scale.