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5. In the event of any contravention or failure to comply with–
(a)any relevant Community provision; or
(b)any requirement or condition imposed by or under any such provision; or
(c)any undertaking given pursuant to any such provision or requirement,
the person responsible for the contravention or failure shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty of level 3 on the standard scale(1) together with a penalty of £40 for each day on which such contravention or failure continues; and any goods in respect of which such offence was committed shall be liable to forfeiture.
The levels of the penalties on the standard scale currently in force are set out in S.I. 1984/447 (England and Wales), 1984/526 (Scotland) and S.R. (N.I.) 1984 No. 253 (Northern Ireland). Those penalties are increased by section 17 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53) with effect from a date to be appointed by the Secretary of State under section 102 of that Act.
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