The Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Shellfish) (Hygiene) Regulations 1998

Offences and penalties

53.—(1) If a person contravenes any provision of regulations 8 to 10, 13, 16 to 19(1), 21(1), (2) and (4), 22(1) to (3), 23, 25, 28 to 30, or 33 to 40, he shall be guilty of an offence against these Regulations.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a person guilty of an offence against these Regulations shall be liable—

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

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both.

(3) Any person who—

(a) without reasonable cause, fails to give any person acting on behalf of a food authority in matters arising under Part V any assistance or information which that person may reasonably require of him in connection with such matters; or

(b) in purported compliance with any such requirement as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) intentionally or recklessly furnishes information which is false or misleading in a material particular,

shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

(4) A food authority in England or Wales may institute proceedings under paragraph (3).