Offences and penalties
7.—(1) Any person who contravenes any provision of regulation 6 will be guilty of an offence.
(2) Any person guilty of an offence under this regulation will be liable —
(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both; or
(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.
(3) No prosecution for an offence under regulation 6 will be begun after the expiry of —
(a)three years from the commission of the offence; or
(b)one year from its discovery by the prosecutor,
whichever is the earlier.