PART V ADMINISTRATION, PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT

16 Offences and penalties
1 If any person contravenes—
(a) regulation 8(1); or
(b) regulation 11(1),
he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
2 if any person contravenes—
(a) any other provision of these Regulations; or
(b) a condition imposed by the Minister under regulation 5(4),
he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—
(i) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or
(ii) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both.
3 Neither paragraph (1) nor paragraph (2) above applies to anything done or omitted by the Minister.
4 No prosecution for an offence under any of the provisions mentioned in paragraphs (1) and (2) above shall 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.