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Offences and penalties

4.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, any person who contravenes or fails to comply with a specified Community provision shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

(2) Paragraph (1) above shall not apply in any case to which Article 5(3), 9(2) or (3) (which contain derogations and transitional provisions) of the Council Regulation applies.