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8.—(1) An operator who fails to comply with the requirement in—
(a)regulation 6(1), or
(b)regulation 7(1),
commits an offence.
(2) An offence under paragraph (1) is punishable on summary conviction by a fine.
(3) In relation to the offence in paragraph (1)(a), it is a defence for an operator to show that they recorded a unique passenger reference number for the relevant passenger before that passenger—
(a)presented at immigration control at the Channel Tunnel shuttle terminal area; or
(b)boarded the relevant service,
as the case may be.
(4) In relation to the offence in paragraph (1)(b), it is a defence for an operator to show that the relevant passenger presented a document purporting to be a required notification which the operator, or a person acting on behalf of the operator, could not reasonably have been expected to know was not a required notification.
(5) In this regulation, “unique passenger reference number” means a reference number which has been provided by or on behalf of the relevant passenger and which includes the letters “UKVI” followed immediately by an underscore and thirteen alphanumeric characters.
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