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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 8 December 2017 - onwards
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Regulation 58 Offence of carrying on other activities

(1) A protected cell company that contravenes the prohibition in regulation 57(2) is guilty of an offence and liable -

(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or -

(i) in England and Wales, a fine, or both;

(ii) in Scotland or Northern Ireland, a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both;

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

(2) In proceedings for an offence under paragraph (1), it is a defence for the accused to show that it took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing the offence.