4Offences.
(1)Any person who commits an offence under this Act shall be liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding two hundred pounds, or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months, or both to such fine and such imprisonment;
(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine, or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years, or both to a fine and such imprisonment.
(2)Where any offence under this Act committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of any director, manager, secretary or other officer of the body corporate, he, as well as the body corporate, shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(3)No prosecution in respect of an offence under this Act shall, in England or Northern Ireland, be instituted otherwise than with the consent of the Board of Trade.
(4)In the application of this section to Northern Ireland, the expression " summary conviction " means conviction subject to, and in accordance with, the [14 & 15 Vict. c. 93.] Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851, and any Act (including any Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland) amending that Act.