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The Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations 1996

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37.—(1) A person contravening any provision of these Regulations or any notice served under them shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 36(1)(a) or (b) shall be 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.

(3) A person guilty of any other offence under these Regulations shall be liable—

(a)on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both;

(b)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment not exceeding three months or to both.

(4) Paragraphs (1) to (3) above shall not apply to anything done or omitted by the Minister, the Secretary of State or a local authority.

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