(1)Regulations under section 30 or 31 (regulation of content of motor fuel and fuel oil) may authorise the Secretary of State to confer exemptions from any provision of the regulations.
(2)A person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of regulations under section 30 or 31 shall be guilty of an offence and liable—
(a)on conviction on indictment, to a fine; and
(b)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
but the regulations may in any case exclude liability to conviction on indictment or reduce the maximum fine on summary conviction.
(3)Regulations under section 30 or 31 shall, subject to any provision to the contrary in the regulations, apply to fuel used for, and to persons in, the public service of the Crown as they apply to fuel used for other purposes and to other persons.
(4)A local authority shall not be entitled by virtue of subsection (3) to exercise, in relation to fuel used for and persons in that service, any power conferred on the authority by virtue of [F1Schedule 5 to the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (investigatory powers)] .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 32(4) substituted (1.10.2015) by Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15), s. 100(5), Sch. 6 para. 54; S.I. 2015/1630, art. 3(i)