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Penalties

9.—(1) A person guilty of an offence under article 3(1), 4(9) or 5 is liable—

(a)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years or to a fine or to both; or

(b)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph 3(b) or (d) of the Schedule to this Order is liable—

(a)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both; or

(b)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.

(3) A person guilty of an offence under article 6(1) or (2) is liable—

(a)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both; or

(b)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.

(4) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph 3(a) or (c) of the Schedule to this Order is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both.

(5) A person guilty of an offence under article 4(10) or 7(3) is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both.

(6) Where any body corporate is guilty of an offence under this Order, and that offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he, as well as the body corporate, is guilty of that offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.