(1) Except as provided by Regulation 13, a person found guilty of an offence under these Regulations is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €5,000.
(2) If a person is convicted of an offence under these Regulations, the court may order any data material that appears to it to be connected with the commission of the offence to be forfeited or destroyed and any relevant data to be erased.
(3) The court may not make such an order in relation to data material or data if it considers that some person other than the person convicted of the offence concerned might be the owner of, or have a proprietary interest in, the data unless all reasonably practicable steps have been taken
(a) to notify the person of the proposed forfeiture, destruction or erasure, and
(b) to give the person an opportunity to show cause why the order should not be made.