Part X

Enforcement Officers and Powers

Improvement notices and prohibition notices

Offences.
266
1
Any person who contravenes any requirement imposed by an improvement notice shall be liable—
a
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
b
on conviction on indictment, to a fine.
2
Any person who contravenes any prohibition imposed by a prohibition notice shall be liable—
a
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
b
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine or both.
3
It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section to prove that he exercised all due diligence to avoid a contravention of the requirement or prohibition in question.
4
In this section any reference to an improvement notice or a prohibition notice includes a reference to any such notice as modified under section 264(3).
S. 266 modified (16.2.2001) by S.I. 2001/152, reg. 11(2)
Ss. 264-266 applied (with modifications) (16.2.2001) by S.I. 2001/152, reg. 9(3)
Ss. 258-266 applied (with application in accordance with reg. 4 of the amending S.I.) by The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Control of Noise at Work) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3075), regs. 1, 19
Ss. 258-266 applied (with application in accordance with reg. 4 of the amending S.I.) by The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Control of Vibration at Work) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3077), regs. 1, 18
Ss. 258-266 applied (1.3.2008) by The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Carcinogens and Mutagens) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3100), regs. 1, 22