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(1)The appropriate authority may by regulations provide for the creation of an offence that may be committed by a person by refusing or failing to provide any information or document when required to do so by or under regulations under section 7.
(2)Regulations under this section—
(a)must provide for an offence under the regulations to be triable only summarily;
(b)may not provide for such an offence to be punishable with a fine exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(3)Regulations under this section—
(a)may provide, in a case where a person is convicted of an offence under the regulations and the act or omission constituting the offence continues after the conviction, for the person to be guilty of a further offence and liable on summary conviction to a daily fine;
(b)may not provide for the daily fine to exceed £40.
(4)The appropriate authority may by regulations make provision—
(a)about defences to an offence under regulations under this section;
(b)about the commission by a body corporate of such an offence;
(c)about the conduct of proceedings for such an offence;
(d)about the time limits for bringing such proceedings;
(e)about the determination of issues arising in such proceedings;
(f)about other matters of procedure and evidence in relation to such an offence.
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